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Coming back to this after a couple of weeks and it's still not running. The fuel pump is now very quiet with much better pressure at the regulator but when bumping it off it still won't fire. So basically the same fault still exists. It cranks...

It's basically the diesel tank equivalent of algae. Biological matter that grows in the diesel. The vehicle has been stood for nearly 4 years so without any agitation or fresh fuel its probably provided ideal growing conditions. It's not that...

The voltage dropped about 1.5V while cranking. My gut feel was it's a fuelling issue (given it would only attempt to fire while bumping at full throttle and high revs) so having worked through the easy/obvious stuff I pulled the pump out of...

Thanks again for replying Sierrafery. I will check the voltage while cranking tomorrow when I go back to the vehicle.

Thanks for the reply Sierraferry. I did initially try it without touching the throttle but it wouldn't fire at all. I then tried it with the throttle open which got it to fire but then took my foot off the peddle and it died instantly. The only...

I tried bumping it off today and it managed to fire but only just. The battery was fully charged and showing 12.7 volts when towing. I let th eclutrch up in second and it span up to around 1750rpm and ran very lumpily with the throttle fully...

Brilliant, thanks for the reply. Its a new battery and fully charged and was only showing 220 rpm at the first attempt. Voltage was 12.7. The crank position sensor speed reading was stable with no apparent interference/fluctuation. so I...

Back on the TD5 Defender, this time with a nanocom and I'm still struggling to get it to fire. It's had a recon gearbox before I got to it. when I put the Nanocom on it was showing zero RPM while cranking. I discovered the CPS was not plugged...