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natas

natas

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Driving home this evening, I stop at a traffic light and all was well.
When I go to pull off, I have almost no power.
The engine does not cut off and idles fine but almost no power.
I am almost home so continue at a very slow speed, no smoke and temperature is fine. The rpm's will not go much above idle but we make it home.
I figure dirty fuel so I pull the fuel filter and empty the contents into a glass jar, no water or dirt!

What should I check next?

Thanks.
 
natas said:
Driving home this evening, I stop at a traffic light and all was well.
When I go to pull off, I have almost no power.
The engine does not cut off and idles fine but almost no power.
I am almost home so continue at a very slow speed, no smoke and temperature is fine. The rpm's will not go much above idle but we make it home.
I figure dirty fuel so I pull the fuel filter and empty the contents into a glass jar, no water or dirt!

What should I check next?

Thanks.
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Throttle cable slipped
 
OK, went out this morning and changed the fuel filter.
She started but there was a grinding sound that went away after about 15seconds.
Then she idled fine. I checked the throttle cable and the turbo hoses and all is good there.
I think the noise that I heard when she first started is the lift pump, as she idled I could hear a slight ticking sound coming from the area of the pump.

After she warmed up I revved her up a couple times and she finally stalled out from fuel starvation (or so it seemed)

So I will order a new pump.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.
 
Mine was doing same after I picked it up after it's mot. So I turned back around and went back to garage and they told me the lift pump was gone Evan tho it's only 2 months old. So I changed it and all was good again for how long who knows :D
 
garygledhill said:
Mine was doing same after I picked it up after it's mot. So I turned back around and went back to garage and they told me the lift pump was gone Evan tho it's only 2 months old. So I changed it and all was good again for how long who knows :D
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natas said:
OK, went out this morning and changed the fuel filter.
She started but there was a grinding sound that went away after about 15seconds.
Then she idled fine. I checked the throttle cable and the turbo hoses and all is good there.
I think the noise that I heard when she first started is the lift pump, as she idled I could hear a slight ticking sound coming from the area of the pump.

After she warmed up I revved her up a couple times and she finally stalled out from fuel starvation (or so it seemed)

So I will order a new pump.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.
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If the lift pump has a small screw on the top of it, such as Delphi ones do, there is a gauze inside them which can clog up from time to time, worth checking and cleaning that. There was a good thread on here about it, will try and find it.
 
Dan_Trials said:
If the lift pump has a small screw on the top of it, such as Delphi ones do, there is a gauze inside them which can clog up from time to time, worth checking and cleaning that. There was a good thread on here about it, will try and find it.
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Thanks!

Will check it out.
 
Ordered 2 new lift pumps this morning, hopefully they will be here by Thursday as Friday is a holiday.
I specified "Land rover Brand".

Amazing how inexpensive parts are for these vehicles!

Thanks.
 
Shes done it again!!!

Installed a new (LandRover Brand) lift pump and she started and ran great for a couple weeks.
Yesterday when I was leaving work, I thought I heard a strange sound when I started her. Sure enough, I didnt get 1/4 mile up the road when she started running really rough and lost almost all power. At first there was also a strong scent of raw diesel.

Called the wrecker and brought her home. She looks so sad and embarrassed this morning. :-(

What could it be?

Thanks.
 
It's common for these new pumps to fail ! Take it off and check the length of the arm that runs against your camshaft ! If it's the same check it's action make sure it sucks up fuel and pumps it out of the outlet !! I've recently experienced this with 2 new pumps !! very poor quality !! I am now using the older series type pumps ! Rebuild able and much better quality it seems !!
 
ferretboy said:
It's common for these new pumps to fail ! Take it off and check the length of the arm that runs against your camshaft ! If it's the same check it's action make sure it sucks up fuel and pumps it out of the outlet !! I've recently experienced this with 2 new pumps !! very poor quality !! I am now using the older series type pumps ! Rebuild able and much better quality it seems !!
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Thanks,

When I ordered, I ordered 2 pumps so I have a spare.
I will check it out and report back.
 
So, whats the best fuel lift pump I can get for my 3ootdi ?
The 2 that I got were Land Rover brand made in Germany.
Figured they would be as good as they get.
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OK.

My mechanic came and pulled the new lift pump, seems fine.

We then removed the fuel filter to check for dirt, it was 3/4 EMPTY!!
There was no dirt in the filter.

Does this mean 1. A clog between the filter and fuel tank or
2. A leak in the fuel line?

Every now and then I have been getting a smell of raw diesel so I am thinking leaking fuel line between the tank and filter.

Thoughts?

Thanks.
 
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