Don't shoot me, but...............

check fuel ines arent blocked. my 300 did the same. when i emptied the sedimenter it was full of ice. the bloody thing packed up when it was freezing cold and snowing.

Sounds like a lift pump to me, easy fix and about 20 quid. Get a Delphi one.

Lyndon said:

Sounds like a lift pump to me, easy fix and about 20 quid. Get a Delphi one.

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a big +1 on that
very unlikely to be diesel pump unless you either run veg or have stripped it down

Cleaned sedimenter during last service a couple of months ago. I am fairly sure that I have got the Delphi one on at the moment as the S***part one that was fitted sprang a leak after a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the advice; will get spanners warmed up ready for tomorrow!!

Sucking air in round sedimenter or fuel sender pipe under boot floor.

+1 to all of above. And it gives out good weather........

had a similar thing on a 300tdi defender a couple of years ago that would run fine for a while then lose all power and struggle to run, cleaned everything and changed lift pump etc but was still the same until I noticed a very slight weep from one of the leak off pipes from the injector, changed the pipe and it was cured

I had a similar problem in mine and it turned out the fuel filter was blocked. I undid the bleed point on the bottom of the filter and some golden treacle type liquid dripped out. Not sure what it was but changed the filter and got her running.
Might want to check that before trying the lift or diesel pump

I had a similar problem a while ago, despite a new lift pump it still wouldn't run properly for more than a few mins.

It turned out the fuel pipe running down the chassis had gone brittle and cracked, drawing air into the system.

I would change the lift pump for a new Delphi version first and see how it goes from there.

Thanks to all, changed the existing Delphi for a new Delphi; normal service is resumed. Would love to meet the commitee that designed the engine, which idiot puts injector pipes in the way of the lift pump. It makes a simple job just a little bit harder. Rant over (for now).

Boris113. Is the ironmongers shop still in the centre of Uppingham? If so I may give it a visit next time I am in the area. Like Uppingham a lot, the hotel in the centre does lovely teas (The Swan???)

Philip0603 said:

Boris113. Is the ironmongers shop still in the centre of Uppingham? If so I may give it a visit next time I am in the area. Like Uppingham a lot, the hotel in the centre does lovely teas (The Swan???)

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Yep Nortons is still there. The Falcon? - it's been under new ownership for a few years and they have totally renovated it, it's chuffing nice. Up until this year I worked there during uni holidays

Oh well, it has been some time I was there last, at least I was right with a bird, just not the correct one.:doh: