hello all, me again.
more fun with this van (year 2000 MWB 313CDI, 128000 miles on clock)...
the gist: van is on my driveway, in the way. the other day, i was reversing it up the hill here and it stalled... EDC light is lit constantly now, and it won't start..
recent events / background: have been dealing with black death. have had injector issues for about 2 years which i kind of ignored. then they got really bad. smoke billowing out the back, diesel stink everywhere. EDC light would come on and van would shut off if i went above about 2000rpm or so. managed to limp to a mechanic like that. he looked like he'd witnessed a murder as he took the cover off..... anyway... that's the worst that the injectors got. have had 3 of the 4 reconditioned by now, all that side of things was running well for the last while. have also done oil and oil filter, air filter and fuel filter in recent months. had all new glow plugs fitted while injector work was happening.
last weekend, drove it hard. van was very heavy, and ended up towing a 2 ton trailer too. had to get it out of a muddy field up a steep hill so there was a moment of rally driving went on!
later that day, got about 50 miles, van stalled at a roundabout, and wouldn't start again. no warning lights, half tank of fuel. electrically sounded like it was turning over, but no connect to the engine starting. got it towed away to a garage. garage man didn't have much time for me, i convinced him to take a quick look, he did. wiring issue he says. that was his guess, he says he wiggled some wires under the bonnet and it started working after he did that. seems to have been right, later that day i couldn't start it again, i wiggled some wires under the bonnet that looked like they had fresh paw prints on them, and it started again.
so i got it home, and now have the EDC issue described above. i'm not sure if it's not starting because of the EDC issue, or because of whatever loose wire i haven't yet had the time to work out and deal with.
i think the clutch is going on this van and it's all round in pretty bad shape so i think i'm coming to the end of it's life with me.... but right now, it's in the way and i'd really like to get it started so i could at least tidy it up.
took the cover off and it seems at least one of the injectors is acting up again.. may or may not be related to the EDC issue.
anyway.. here are a couple of pics. of the wiring in question, and of the injectors, just for fun.
can anyone tell me what the wires i can see do, and if a loose connection there would indeed cause the van to not start, or is this a red herring?
sorry for long winded post..
steve
more fun with this van (year 2000 MWB 313CDI, 128000 miles on clock)...
the gist: van is on my driveway, in the way. the other day, i was reversing it up the hill here and it stalled... EDC light is lit constantly now, and it won't start..
recent events / background: have been dealing with black death. have had injector issues for about 2 years which i kind of ignored. then they got really bad. smoke billowing out the back, diesel stink everywhere. EDC light would come on and van would shut off if i went above about 2000rpm or so. managed to limp to a mechanic like that. he looked like he'd witnessed a murder as he took the cover off..... anyway... that's the worst that the injectors got. have had 3 of the 4 reconditioned by now, all that side of things was running well for the last while. have also done oil and oil filter, air filter and fuel filter in recent months. had all new glow plugs fitted while injector work was happening.
last weekend, drove it hard. van was very heavy, and ended up towing a 2 ton trailer too. had to get it out of a muddy field up a steep hill so there was a moment of rally driving went on!
later that day, got about 50 miles, van stalled at a roundabout, and wouldn't start again. no warning lights, half tank of fuel. electrically sounded like it was turning over, but no connect to the engine starting. got it towed away to a garage. garage man didn't have much time for me, i convinced him to take a quick look, he did. wiring issue he says. that was his guess, he says he wiggled some wires under the bonnet and it started working after he did that. seems to have been right, later that day i couldn't start it again, i wiggled some wires under the bonnet that looked like they had fresh paw prints on them, and it started again.
so i got it home, and now have the EDC issue described above. i'm not sure if it's not starting because of the EDC issue, or because of whatever loose wire i haven't yet had the time to work out and deal with.
i think the clutch is going on this van and it's all round in pretty bad shape so i think i'm coming to the end of it's life with me.... but right now, it's in the way and i'd really like to get it started so i could at least tidy it up.
took the cover off and it seems at least one of the injectors is acting up again.. may or may not be related to the EDC issue.
anyway.. here are a couple of pics. of the wiring in question, and of the injectors, just for fun.
can anyone tell me what the wires i can see do, and if a loose connection there would indeed cause the van to not start, or is this a red herring?
sorry for long winded post..
steve