p38 wont start

1997 2.5DSE wont start anymore. Used to take a couple of cranks before
it would start.Sent to Land Rover for repairs and they said to replace
glow plugs. After replacing them, it still wont start. It only started
once after replacement. Car has been sitting in garage for 2weeks
now.Can anyone help? Could it be the fuel pump?

Thanks
Spencer

"StrangeRover" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 1997 2.5DSE wont start anymore. Used to take a couple of cranks before
> it would start.Sent to Land Rover for repairs and they said to replace
> glow plugs. After replacing them, it still wont start. It only started
> once after replacement. Car has been sitting in garage for 2weeks
> now.Can anyone help? Could it be the fuel pump?

I had this, get someone to stand by the ignition, lift the bonnet
and shine a torch from underneath the fuel pipe which comes
from the filter to the injection pump, get your friend just to
turn on the ignition and see if the fuel is pumped through, you
might have lots of air bubbles, try it a couple of times and if
fuel is pumping then the glow plug circuit seems to be
working, do this when cold. If no fuel coming, suspect pump.

I still have air in my system and will be chaning the leak back
pipes this week.

Alan

Tested the line...cant see any air bubbles. Checked the compression and
its down. was thinking of changing the fuel pump but that might not be
the problem.Could it be because of the compression that the engine
wouldnt start?

StrangeRover wrote:
> Tested the line...cant see any air bubbles. Checked the compression and
> its down. was thinking of changing the fuel pump but that might not be
> the problem.Could it be because of the compression that the engine
> wouldnt start?
>

Absolutely. What compression figures were you getting? And with what
sort of compression tester?

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EMB

Land Rover did the test and said its only around 10. Suppose to be
running around 18 i think.

StrangeRover wrote:
> Land Rover did the test and said its only around 10. Suppose to be
> running around 18 i think.
>

In units of what (that's strange sounding figures to me)? It might be
worth checking it's cranking speed - if it's slow it'll be reluctant to
start and give a low reading on a compressiion test.

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EMB

On 19 Apr 2006 08:11:28 -0700, "StrangeRover" <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>Land Rover did the test and said its only around 10. Suppose to be
>running around 18 i think.

Thing is with compression figures, it helps to do a dry test first
off, then squirt some oil down the bores, and do a wet test. This
will identify if the low compression readings are caused by worn rings
or something else, eg valves
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