sovereign
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Well this my 3rd post in two years.
But I do learn a lot from this site. In the last two years the Rangie has challenged me on a few occasions. It has dropped itself onto the bumpstops twice, once at 65 mph on the motorway. Luckily through this site I learned where to get diagnostic software.
I came out from work one day to find the engine turning over, an amazing thing to comprehend. It was in park luckily. I had to wire a switch into the starter relay as temporary fix. I suspect the fuseboard is the problem here. The usual scares with engine disabled flashing up every now and again and various warning lights coming and going.
The other night a long way from home I went to start it, It just cranked and cranked. I had just fitted a new battery thank god. I was comtemplating my fate, I'll give her one more go. After a lot of stuttering and coughing it started. Thank god.
Things continued that way for a few days, taking lots of cranking to start. I suspected a fuel starvation issue, as it would start for a micro second initially, and then just crank over. It only happened if the vehicle was left sitting for a few hours. As if the fuel pressure was bleeding away.
My first break came after a long journey, I immediately popped the bonnet and was met with the pungent smell of Diesel. Examining with a torch I could just see part of the block looked damp. Removing the plastic cover from the top of the engine, I thought I saw the problem.
The injector nearest the front had a pool of liquid around it. This just turned out to be spilled oil, from the oil filler cap. looking at the injectors further back one was wet, and with a torch the leak off pipe was frayed and wet.
The pipe just jumps between injectors, one end just pulled off, the other end tore, The remaining piece of rubber had to be cut carefully from the connection. I had some pipe, connected it up. Problem solved starts on the button again.
Thought I'd pass it on, I'd never heard of a leak off pipe before I read it on here.
S6001940_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
S6001945_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
S6001944_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
S6001946_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
But I do learn a lot from this site. In the last two years the Rangie has challenged me on a few occasions. It has dropped itself onto the bumpstops twice, once at 65 mph on the motorway. Luckily through this site I learned where to get diagnostic software.
I came out from work one day to find the engine turning over, an amazing thing to comprehend. It was in park luckily. I had to wire a switch into the starter relay as temporary fix. I suspect the fuseboard is the problem here. The usual scares with engine disabled flashing up every now and again and various warning lights coming and going.
The other night a long way from home I went to start it, It just cranked and cranked. I had just fitted a new battery thank god. I was comtemplating my fate, I'll give her one more go. After a lot of stuttering and coughing it started. Thank god.
Things continued that way for a few days, taking lots of cranking to start. I suspected a fuel starvation issue, as it would start for a micro second initially, and then just crank over. It only happened if the vehicle was left sitting for a few hours. As if the fuel pressure was bleeding away.
My first break came after a long journey, I immediately popped the bonnet and was met with the pungent smell of Diesel. Examining with a torch I could just see part of the block looked damp. Removing the plastic cover from the top of the engine, I thought I saw the problem.
The injector nearest the front had a pool of liquid around it. This just turned out to be spilled oil, from the oil filler cap. looking at the injectors further back one was wet, and with a torch the leak off pipe was frayed and wet.
The pipe just jumps between injectors, one end just pulled off, the other end tore, The remaining piece of rubber had to be cut carefully from the connection. I had some pipe, connected it up. Problem solved starts on the button again.
Thought I'd pass it on, I'd never heard of a leak off pipe before I read it on here.
S6001940_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
S6001945_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
S6001944_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
S6001946_2816x2112 by Sovereign125a, on Flickr
