enginge cuts out after about 40 miles

[Paul S]

Looking for some help with my problem, I have a 3ltr diesel surf 1995
kn130 my trouble is the engine will cut out whilst i am driving normally after about 40 miles doing about 70 with the cruise control on
engine will start to faulter then die slip it into netural turn off the ing
and then restart on the key, it always restarts then carry on with the trip may happen 3 or 4 times then ok, any help will be greatful

[carbonman]

:-|

Dont know if this is any help at all.... but sounds to me like something overheating...
I had this once before with another car and it turned out to be the ecu... :-(
took a long time for the garage to diagnose as it only happened when engine was hot...
sure the guys here will be able to sort ya out ;-)

[Koi]

Looking for some help with my problem, I have a 3ltr diesel surf 1995
kn130 my trouble is the engine will cut out whilst i am driving normally after about 40 miles doing about 70 with the cruise control on
engine will start to faulter then die slip it into netural turn off the ing
and then restart on the key, it always restarts then carry on with the trip may happen 3 or 4 times then ok, any help will be greatful

If its spluttering then dies I would suggest fuel orientated. From my experiences in the past if its electrical they tend to just cut out, if its fuel they tend to splutter a bit before cutting out.
Possibly fuel pump, relay, may be a build of a vaccum in the tank check the breather pipe.
I am sure others will be able to be a bit more definitive on this.

[gemini]

If its spluttering then dies I would suggest fuel orientated. From my experiences in the past if its electrical they tend to just cut out, if its fuel they tend to splutter a bit before cutting out.
Possibly fuel pump, relay, may be a build of a vaccum in the tank check the breather pipe.
I am sure others will be able to be a bit more definitive on this.

as koi says, most likely to be fuel, to stop a diesel engine you have to cut the fuel, check the diesel solenoid on the pump as well, it could be defective

[rockey]

Agree with Koi,,,,,,,,,, Fuel, sounds like a vacuum in the tank

[Guest]

Exactly the same happened to me on a Golf GTI. I spent ages trying to find this fault, changed injectors, fuel distributor, electronic ignition etc etc. Gave up in the end - sold it and the new guy got a new fuel pump from the scrapper for £10 and it was fine after that. I'd spent the best part of £500 trying to fix it and ended up selling it for £500.

Mine used to run for about 20 miles before cutting out. Wouldn't start for about 5 minutes and then started fine.

The fualt with mine was the fuel pump getting hot and cutting out.

Hope that this helps. Not sure if the KZN130 has an electronic fuel pump apart from the Fuel injection pump. Think it might have one near the tank but not sure.

Cheers

[da SLUG man]

mine cuts out if you stick it in reverse at 40 mph.... oops!

[JT SURFIN]

3.0 ssrx cuts out

hi guys any help would be grateful.
my 93 3.0 ssrx has just recently started to cut out as though the ignition has been turned of pullover turn key and shes away again may go a few hours and do the same again it seems to me its an electric fault but has anyone had the same prob.cheers.:

[Voodoo-Child]

If its spluttering then dies I would suggest fuel orientated. From my experiences in the past if its electrical they tend to just cut out, if its fuel they tend to splutter a bit before cutting out.
Possibly fuel pump, relay, may be a build of a vaccum in the tank check the breather pipe.
I am sure others will be able to be a bit more definitive on this.

I agree with the vacuum build up theory....next time, if possible, pull over and remove the filler cap....if you get a sound like its sucking in air then thats what it is. Electrical problems tend to occur and persist, but if its something expanding with heat and causing loss of contact then it might be a sensor somewhere.

Damned annoying for you though, no matter what it is!

[Bogus]

I agree with the vacuum build up theory....next time, if possible, pull over and remove the filler cap....if you get a sound like its sucking in air then thats what it is. Electrical problems tend to occur and persist, but if its something expanding with heat and causing loss of contact then it might be a sensor somewhere.

Damned annoying for you though, no matter what it is!

Ive a feeling that he may have solved it sometime between Jan 2004 and now.