Hi and thanks to all how replied and contributed to my thread. I've had my car fixed now and thought it might be useful for you all to know how it all went. My freind who used to work in the car trade recommended a garage near to me who does diagnostics for the trade in our area and main...

Hi td4van. Thanks for the coments. You can read the output from it by cutting into the signal wire while the sensor is removed and then moving the sensor close to metal and away from it watching for a change in the voltage on a meter but I didn't want to start cutting into the cable. :)

Hi all. Results of investigation on my car yesterday were as follows. Resistance reading on glow plugs was about 3 to 6 Ohms. I know they should be higher so these are shot but I don't believe this is the cause of my non starting trouble since when the engine is hot it won't start, I pulled...

Hi all. Just an update on my thoughts though I won't be looking at my car until tomorrow. I had a good research session on YouTube last night and a good head scratching and all my symptoms to anyway seem to tally with camshaft sensor or crankshaft sensor. On cranking the engine over there are...

Thanks guineafowl21 for all your suggestions and assistance. Since I have to work outside on the drive and I'll be at work tomorrow the next free day and with sunshine is Saturday I'll give it all a go then. Everyone’s help is much appreciated. :)

Thanks Alibro. I'm getting to the end of my tether with the whole scenario and thinking that I'll just sell it as faulty and just get a Smart Car.

Thanks Guineafowl21. I must agree because the engine won't start when it gets up to working temperature. I'll still check the resistance of the plugs since they maybe lying or perhaps have a dodgy multimeter. I'm an electronic engineer so I know my meters work. I just read on a VW forum that a...

Well the garage has not been able to remove the glow plugs because they are tight in and leaving penetrating fluid in the threads overnight did not free them off so they have given up. Fortunately they only charged me for an hours work. I'm going to check the glow plug resistance myself just to...

Not sure yet I haven't asked them. Everytime I suggest something they say they have checked it. I'll ask them to check that today. ☺

OK I think I might have the answer. Possibly the crankshaft sensor is faulty leading to ECU shutting down some outputs say to Glow Plug relay and or fuel supply at start time. I think I say a reference to this on another thread here. I had this with a Puegeot 305 once and it cranked but the...

Yes indeed. What I don't understand is when the engine has been running for say 30 minutes and the engine is hot, why won't the engine still start because the glow plugs aren't needed if the engine is hot?

Hi all and thanks again. The garage have pinned it down to glow plugs now. They have tested all of the plugs electronically, (perhaps with multimeter), and found them all faulty. I find it hard to believe that all of them are faulty at the same time. Are they wired in series? If so perhaps...

Hi All. The latest is that the second garage tried to fir a tank pump however when they got in to the tank there was no pump there. Not fitted in this model/year. They have tested the pressure all over including at the injector line and it's holding pressure when the engine is turned off so...

Thanks guys. It's in the second garage now so well see what they say.

Hi. My car was registered in September 2002. The readings they got were 1.7 Bar, (should be 2.5 to 3 Bar) and they said fuel lift pump was giving too low pressure. They suggested this may not fix the problem so basically they are using the trial and error principle. A second garage said that...

Hi. I had it in the garage this morning for assessment and they are suggesting that the fuel lift pump is at fault since the fuel pressure is way down. They seemed to ignore my suggestion that it could be the fuel pressure regulator as you said and gave them the kit with the 'O' rings in. They...

Hi all. I had a little play this afternoon and did some research. The service kit arrived but installing the kit looks a bit of a long job looking in the official service manual and I've booked her in for a checkup on Monday and I thought that fore-armed is for warned so I did a little more...

Landrover TD4 Freelander High Pressure Fuel Pump Regulator MAV000040 Repair Kit

Doh wrong part. I ordered this Landrover TD4 Freelander High Pressure Fuel Pump Regulator MAV000040 Repair Kit Don't ask me why perhaps I wasn't paying attention.

Yep I've ordered service kit off eBay as a cheap temporary fix for now until next year when Ill have a fuel delivery system checkup. Given the new diesel taxes coming in I may just get rid of it or run it into the ground. Thanks for the help