Diesel CS engine won't start
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HappyCamper
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Diesel CS engine won't start
Hi, my engine overheated after the coolant hoses burst. It seems that the system was pressurised. Not sure why yet. It did start up again but took a lot of turning over and pumping the throttle. It won't start at all now, so I slackened the injector pipe, but hardly any diesel came out when cranking. I took the pipe off from the pump and just a small squirt of fuel comes out. Is this normal, I expected a high pressure squirt, but I don't really know much about diesel engines. I did take a short video but can't upload it until I open a photobucket account.
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Re: Diesel CS engine won't start
Did you press the accelerator right down while you were cranking and observing? Obviously not much fuel will be pumped if you don't.
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Re: Diesel CS engine won't start
Ah! No, I just turned the key. Would that increase the pressure. The spurt of fuel that came out didn't seem to have much pressure behind it, I was expecting it to really shoot out, but I haven't really worked on diesels before, so wasn't sure what to expect.
I'll give it a try again tomorrow.
I'll give it a try again tomorrow.
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Re: Diesel CS engine won't start
The amount of fuel that comes out depends on how much you press the accelerator . Even then don't expect a flood of fuel. It's only a small engine!
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Re: Diesel CS engine won't start
You will get a few drops of fuel at each injector pipe every two revs of the engine.
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