changed fuel filter now landy does not start

[antk]

hi all

i changed my fuel filter on my 2.5 turbo diesel and now it does not start.

i have tryed pumping it for bout 15 mins no luck tho, looked on the net it says you have to bleed it with the nipple and the little hand pump so i tryed that and still no luck.

any ideas anyone.

thanks Ant

[J.D.]

Try taking number one injector off and turning the engine over, it may be an airlock in the pipe.

[bombx3]

it helps i find to fill the filter with desiel first

[antk]

i filled it with diesel before i put it back on still no joy.  :(

[Disco 90 george]

Try turning the engine over as there is a gear that turns the pump round. Undo the top banjo bolt till derv comes out.

[antk]

i would do that if i new how to i aint got a clue lol do you think you could pop round tomorrow afternoon to give us a hand.

cheers Ant

[Range Rover Blues]

On top of the filter is a small brass screw, off centre.  On the bottom of the filter can is a plastic wheel.  Undoing the brass nut and opening the plastic wheel should allow any water in the fuel filter to drain away.  You can also use the plastic wheel to check there is some fuel in the filter at all.

If you opne the brass screw and pump the fule lift pump you should get fuel coming out of the brass screw, but if the fule lift pumpo is sat on top on the cam which drives it then you need to turn the engine over so that the cam lowers and you can pump the fuel by hand.

Or, if you have a good battery try starting it, it will turn quite a while then try to fire up, probably stall then take a little staring again.

Might also be worth checking that you got any rubber O rings in the right places on the fuel filter.

[J.D.]

Number one injector is the fuel injector nearest the bulkhead. The fuel line will be a metal pipe going almost vertically into the top of the head. Undo it with a 17mm spanner and turn the engine over. When fuel comes out the injector, tighten it back up with same spanner and try starting.

[Tommo]

im no specialist but isnt number one always the cylinder nearest the front of the engine traditionally???

[jimthelandyman]

i thought the same as well tom, i think them french **itreons i mean citreon are the other way round though.

[Tommo]

most are FWD so dosent matter really, but im guessing on FWD engines no 1 is usually the side furthest from the gearbox.

[jimthelandyman]

its one of the french cars that uses that setup anyway

[Range Rover Blues]

i thought the same as well tom, i think them french **itreons i mean citreon are the other way round though.

I call them that too.

It's sort of "one of the rules" in the auto industry that #1 cylinder is at the sharp end and the "back" end of the engine is the business end, the output.  Typically but not always the auxiliary drives from the crank are taken form the "front" of the engine too.

[Landyash]

Give it a tow,that should sort it out 


Ash