300tdi not starting

fuel is only sucked up to lift pump then pushed through filter to front banjo on injection pump theres a fault/blockage or empty tank somewhere

It started to play up when I nearly ran out of fuel, just made it to fuel station and put fuel in, then day after started to play up

youll have a blockage some where then ,id start at sender and work forward might be worth bypassing sedimenter at same time

Already bypassed sedimenter but I will check it all again. Thank you for your help I will keep you posted , cheers man

bridger said:

Pumps fitted correctly so it engages with camshaft, the pipes on the top of the sender were a bit rusty so I used petro patch to make sure no air was getting in. Worked fine when fitted new fuel lines then wouldn't start the other day

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I'd still say its the sender, mine started playing up when I nearly ran it out of fuel too. The pipework was a little rusty aswel and I did the same as you did patching it up. Do you have anyone near you who has a disco that wouldn't mind letting you borrow there sender just to prove that it is or isn't where the problem is. I'm breaking my disco that I had the problem on so I have a nearly new sender if you do need to buy one.

try running from a bottle of diesel in the engine bay -put filter feed in bottle plus return line back in bottle-then loosen injection pump input banjo and prime lift pump by hand (lever)until diesel shows at banjo-tighten banjo and try and start engine on starter,it should run.This will prove if you have a problem between fuel tank and pipework to filter.