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Citroen dispatch van starting problem
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Rednip1203
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Aug 23, 2012, 10:25 AM
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Citroen dispatch van starting problem
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Hi
I have a really annoying fault with my van! It's a 2000 1.9 Citroen dispatch non turbo just straight diesel . Had it for over a year with no problems until a month ago. I had been out in van parked it and returned half a hour later to find it would not start. Everything working ok all lights on etc just turning over but not firing. After a few try's it started and ran fine. Did the same again a few weeks later stalled then just refused to start then after a while taking key out it just started. A week later did the same thing only with no stall just would not fire up!!! Got aa out this time but when he arrived it was running again!! He said if it does it again pump the primer under Bonnet . So the next day drove 300 miles to go on holiday all fine spent a week in Wales driving in van constant stop start then 300 miles back all fine!!! Stopped ten miles from home and van refused to start!! Pumped primer started!!! Got home all fine the next day started fine when out in van turned it off was away about a hours wouldn't start!! Called aa he check it out still not starting he said it was fault on immobiliser/stop start solenoid but he didn't pump primer much. Anyway it just started again!!! So booked it in to garage and they just started van every hour for 2 day but as it started every time they said they couldn't check solenoid and told me to collect it!! Now I have changed air filter fuel filter and looked for anything obvious but to no avail!!
Now I am worried to use it as don't want to break down again! Self employed and need it sorting out!
Any help would be great!!
Thanks
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nickwarner
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Aug 23, 2012, 1:42 PM
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Re: Citroen dispatch van starting problem
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We don't have your car in the states, but all the diesels I work on have a check valve in the fuel inlet by the lift pump. It keeps fuel from draining back to the tank and putting air in the line when the vehicle is shut off. By the fact this started when you pump the primer (pushing fuel up the the lift pump when you do so) leads me to think this is the case. The shutdown solenoid may incorporate the check valve into it or it may be a seperate component. If it happens to be a very expensive thing you can plumb in a checkvalve into the line just behind the solenoid and accomplish the same goal.
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