Starting problem - lpg?
Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 17:55
Hi Folks,
Newbie here looking for some expert advice. My recently bought T25 has suddenly decided it does not want to start! It has a 1.9 water cooled petrol engine with an autogas conversion. There is a wee switch under the dash which switches from gas to petrol operation, it is set for gas at the moment and in the past has started up no bother. Does the engine need to be running to switch across from one fuel to the other?
Anyway, what normally should happen is that I click the ignition key to the first position and a red light flashes (situated in with the temp guage) for about ten seconds, then it goes out and I turn the ignition key fully and the van fires up no problem.
However, suddenly what happens when I turn the ignition to the first position now is that the red light just keeps on flashing and doesn't stop. When I try to start the engine the light goes out but nothing else happens. There is a sound of a couple of relays closing after the first click and sometimes what sounds like the gas system 'charging' itself. There seems to be no power going to the starter motor as it isn't even trying to engage and there seems to be plenty of juice in the battery.
I am not a mechanic, but have sorted various motor bits and bobs in my time. However vehicle electrics have always been a bit of a dark art and campervan electrics...! Judging by the spaghetti behind the dash and around the batteries, the whole lot could do with an expert overhaul, but anyway. As for LPG systems, they are a complete unknown for me and I would have to take it to an expert if that is what it turns out to be.
I'm hoping that all, or some, of this sounds familiar to some of you, and that an easy solution can be found. It's typical, I've just finished putting the interior together and had booked the van into the garage to get a full service and new front discs (and bearings) put in. Of course that's when it decides not to start.
Thanks for your attention,
Donald.
Newbie here looking for some expert advice. My recently bought T25 has suddenly decided it does not want to start! It has a 1.9 water cooled petrol engine with an autogas conversion. There is a wee switch under the dash which switches from gas to petrol operation, it is set for gas at the moment and in the past has started up no bother. Does the engine need to be running to switch across from one fuel to the other?
Anyway, what normally should happen is that I click the ignition key to the first position and a red light flashes (situated in with the temp guage) for about ten seconds, then it goes out and I turn the ignition key fully and the van fires up no problem.
However, suddenly what happens when I turn the ignition to the first position now is that the red light just keeps on flashing and doesn't stop. When I try to start the engine the light goes out but nothing else happens. There is a sound of a couple of relays closing after the first click and sometimes what sounds like the gas system 'charging' itself. There seems to be no power going to the starter motor as it isn't even trying to engage and there seems to be plenty of juice in the battery.
I am not a mechanic, but have sorted various motor bits and bobs in my time. However vehicle electrics have always been a bit of a dark art and campervan electrics...! Judging by the spaghetti behind the dash and around the batteries, the whole lot could do with an expert overhaul, but anyway. As for LPG systems, they are a complete unknown for me and I would have to take it to an expert if that is what it turns out to be.
I'm hoping that all, or some, of this sounds familiar to some of you, and that an easy solution can be found. It's typical, I've just finished putting the interior together and had booked the van into the garage to get a full service and new front discs (and bearings) put in. Of course that's when it decides not to start.
Thanks for your attention,
Donald.