What did you do with your Range Rover today

backinblack said:

Yes but I'm not getting any fuel delivered to the FBH so I think the pump is either faulty or needs priming. According to the manual the Hawkeye does actuators for the FBH so hoping someone can confirm please.

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Can you hear the pump ticking with a stethoscope or a long screwdriver? TBH I've only had experience with Ebspacher heaters which have a seperate fuel pump.

tomcat59alan said:

Can you hear the pump ticking with a stethoscope or a long screwdriver? TBH I've only had experience with Ebspacher heaters which have a seperate fuel pump.

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Unfortunately not as the fuel pump is at the back and according to RAVE the pump doesn't start for 30 seconds after the glowplug has fired.

Start Sequence: At the beginning of the start sequence the ECU energises the glow plug function of the glow plug/
flame sensor, to preheat the combustion chamber, starts the combustion air fan at slow speed and energises the
coolant circulation pump. After approximately 30 seconds, the ECU energises the FBH fuel pump at the starting
sequence speed.

backinblack said:

Unfortunately not as the fuel pump is at the back and according to RAVE the pump doesn't start for 30 seconds after the glowplug has fired.

Start Sequence: At the beginning of the start sequence the ECU energises the glow plug function of the glow plug/
flame sensor, to preheat the combustion chamber, starts the combustion air fan at slow speed and energises the
coolant circulation pump. After approximately 30 seconds, the ECU energises the FBH fuel pump at the starting
sequence speed.

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Nice and simple then.good luck no wonder you want to know if diagnostics can do the job.I suppose if you know the wiring diagram you could check for power at the various pins.

Henry_b said:

Just cleaned the old beast up, for once it was dirty

Aftermath

Looks alright

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Great job, you should take time to enjoy that showroom finish before it gets muddy again.
Tricky

Ebspacher in petrol would be nice for these winter mornings

tomcat59alan said:

Nice and simple then.good luck no wonder you want to know if diagnostics can do the job.I suppose if you know the wiring diagram you could check for power at the various pins.

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Apparently you can take the plug off the FBH and pulse 12v to the pump while someone else applies a vacuum to the pipe going into the FBH. Of course that means battery out, battery tray out, front wheel off, wheel arch liner off etc etc. I tried a vacuum pump after I changed the FBH but it needs the pump to be fired up at the same time so didn't do anything except hold the vacuum.

Tricky of York said:

Great job, you should take time to enjoy that showroom finish before it gets muddy again.
Tricky

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Hopefully it stays clean for a little while!

backinblack said:

Apparently you can take the plug off the FBH and pulse 12v to the pump while someone else applies a vacuum to the pipe going into the FBH. Of course that means battery out, battery tray out, front wheel off, wheel arch liner off etc etc. I tried a vacuum pump after I changed the FBH but it needs the pump to be fired up at the same time so didn't do anything except hold the vacuum.

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I know you asked about Hawkeye, But I am pretty sure the GAP IID does priming.

Cheers

Perhaps I should have asked what will

Cheers @neilly

backinblack said:

Perhaps I should have asked what will

Cheers @neilly

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I will plug mine in tomorrow and check to see, just to make sure.

Cheers

@neilly many thanks, and if you fancy a trip up North

backinblack said:

@neilly many thanks, and if you fancy a trip up North

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Only problem with the GAP is that it is VIN locked from what I understand.

Cheers

neilly said:

Only problem with the GAP is that it is VIN locked from what I understand.

Cheers

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Well that's a bummer.

backinblack said:

Well that's a bummer.

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I assumed thats why you were asking about the Hawkeye,a friend got a total last week for £250, which did not seem to bad.

Cheers

neilly said:

I assumed thats why you were asking about the Hawkeye,a friend got a total last week for £250, which did not seem to bad.

Cheers

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I read something on that there tinterweb which said the Hawkeye can do it so I was just checking.

Just make sure your battery is absolutely top notch.

I tried using my FBH the other week, ( it worked fine last winter) after a lot of months of not doing many miles, I tried to use it again, and it would not work. Even after a few hundred miles of 40 mile commutes it still did not want to know.

Battery starts the car fine but GAP stated it only had 46% charge.

I changed the battery went for a good drive today, just checked and finally it works.

Mine was trying to start, would blow the fan, for about 4 minutes, dash light would flash slow to start then flash twice as fast, then it would stop.

Cheers

Battery is fine and only a few months old, 12.6 volts, plus had it on a charger so I didn't flatten it. Yes I know some people think you should disconnect the battery before charging

Oh and I also have a "bmw scanner 1.4.0" that has options for FBH but I can only get that working on Windows XP and the XP laptops flat so need an extension lead to the car. And I don't know what options it has for the FBH until it's connected to the car.

stustrong said:

I reckon it may have or just died before. Away to take the units out and cases off dry them next to workshop stove. And keep the spares handy

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You got a workshop and a stove, now if stove is in workshop and it works that would be heaven right now.

does a stove count as an oven?