Old chestnut,, bad starting

Ive had this bad starting for a while now ,,, slowly getting worse,,fuel pump running flat out on switching on,,, then couple of days back it died,, wouldnt run over 1500rpm,,,,,,,,,, yep shot pump,,,, fitted new one now runs a treat but i still have the bad starting PLUS my fuel guage is all to cock,,, put £30 in the tank and it only made it to the first white mark and after 8 miles had dropped off the mark and warning light came on.....
Can the guage be recalibrated or is it a mess with the float job ( hope not).......... Second any ideas on the bad starting,,, once she fires up all is well, it seems to happen if i leave it for a couple of hours then try to start.
Cheers lads

Isnt the fuel gauge sender part of the pump? who fitted the pump?
When was the last service?

Yeo all in one ,,, brand new and i fitted it................Last service mmmmmmm good question

what car is it or did you already say?? petrol, diesel? if petrol change fuel filter and check rail pressure regulator.

96 , diesel

Cogswell&Harrison said:

96 , diesel

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Pump assembly should be plug n play. £30 from a totaly empty tank? At todays prices that's only about 20 litres so not far off the reserve zone to start with.

Hi Datatek, I think you could be right mate, dohhhhh another job for the flexable friend lol lol .... as for the bad starting it seems to be clearing itself, need to leave it over night now and see where we go,,,,,,,,, however overall its running better now so would think the old pump was dodgy,,,, seems to pick up better at the top end than it did

Well we had a hard frost last night so this morning was test day,,,, switched on, waited for the heaters, hit the key,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, burst into life better than ever,,, think its safe to say my bad starting was the pump,,,,,,,, something i did notice ( might be my imagination ) it realy pulled well in the cold air,, just wondering if a a bigger intercooler would perk the old girl up a bit

Cogswell&Harrison said:

, just wondering if a a bigger intercooler would perk the old girl up a bit

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ill volunteer to nip this in the bud!!

Read the post diesel tuning taken further mate.

Good on you for getting the starting sorted to.

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Well we had a hard frost last night so this morning was test day,,,, switched on, waited for the heaters, hit the key,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, burst into life better than ever,,, think its safe to say my bad starting was the pump,,,,,,,, something i did notice ( might be my imagination ) it realy pulled well in the cold air,, just wondering if a a bigger intercooler would perk the old girl up a bit

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Don't waste your money, just clean out the one you have then get the actual turbo boost pressure checked to make sure it is at the manufacturers setting. They drop off with time and can be adjusted.

Thank you Keith, That sounds like what im after,,,, not a power increase just a pep up

Plus, if you dunno when last done (?) change air & fuel filters.

Got um sat here GT oil,fuel,air,but need my fry up first