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Hi all
I'll explain how it came about an it might help
Drove about 50 miles no problem, then going down a long hill with a bend at the bottom I noticed the steering getting stiff, looked at the dash and all dash lights had come on, the engine had stopped
So there was not big bangs, oil is ok, no grindings, tapping, loss of coolant or smoke out of the exhaust it just quietly stopped
Now all it does is try to start but never does, its kicking smoke out of the exhaust the longer I crank it over, also the more I crank it the better it seems to get after about 30 seconds, or if I just flick the key the initial click seems to fire better too
No warning lights on the dash and the glow plugs light comes on ok
So far I've checked the lift pump, fuel filter both are ok and there is fuel coming out of the pump, no water in the trap either
Tried firing it up by using easy start and apart from more noise i.e. tapping from the easy start it doesn't make any difference
No fuses blown
cracked the injectors and at least some fuel is coming out not sure what sort of pressure it should be though
The immobiliser normally stops the check engine light coming on and that's ok as its always been
I had a guy come down and plug in a diagnostic machine and not faults showing, tps sensor and cranking could be seen to work
can anyone else point me in the right direction
I'll explain how it came about an it might help
Drove about 50 miles no problem, then going down a long hill with a bend at the bottom I noticed the steering getting stiff, looked at the dash and all dash lights had come on, the engine had stopped
So there was not big bangs, oil is ok, no grindings, tapping, loss of coolant or smoke out of the exhaust it just quietly stopped
Now all it does is try to start but never does, its kicking smoke out of the exhaust the longer I crank it over, also the more I crank it the better it seems to get after about 30 seconds, or if I just flick the key the initial click seems to fire better too
No warning lights on the dash and the glow plugs light comes on ok
So far I've checked the lift pump, fuel filter both are ok and there is fuel coming out of the pump, no water in the trap either
Tried firing it up by using easy start and apart from more noise i.e. tapping from the easy start it doesn't make any difference
No fuses blown
cracked the injectors and at least some fuel is coming out not sure what sort of pressure it should be though
The immobiliser normally stops the check engine light coming on and that's ok as its always been
I had a guy come down and plug in a diagnostic machine and not faults showing, tps sensor and cranking could be seen to work
can anyone else point me in the right direction
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