beanboon
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- Joined
- Oct 19, 2004
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL
My 04 PD failed me for the first time this morning. I got about a block from home and it stalled. Just like I shut the engine off, but the radio and everything stayed on. It turns over, but will not start.
My glow plug light does come on.
I pulled the cover off of my fuel tank to investigate. I turned the key but did not hear the pump whirring, but it's only supposed to whir long enough to build up the proper pressure in the fuel lines (no?). So maybe it was already built up.
I pulled the plug off of my fuel tank to check voltages. You're supposed to have 4 wires, and the outer two are power and ground (brown is ground). Oddly enough the brown wire appears abandoned. There is a floating spade connection on the tank, and no female receptacle in the plug.
I put 12v to the two outer connections directly on the tank and the pump did run.
I called the dealership to ask about parts and the service advisor asked about my timing belt. I have 93,700 miles on it. He asked if the car is turning over faster when you try to start it, because you may have skipped ahead a notch. It seems like it's turning over faster, but hard to say as it always started right up before so I never heard it turning over.
Funny thing is I have an appt to go have my belt replaced tomorrow (NOT at the dealership).
Does it sound realistic that my belt could have slipped and be causing this?
And what's the deal with this power connection to the pump?
My glow plug light does come on.
I pulled the cover off of my fuel tank to investigate. I turned the key but did not hear the pump whirring, but it's only supposed to whir long enough to build up the proper pressure in the fuel lines (no?). So maybe it was already built up.
I pulled the plug off of my fuel tank to check voltages. You're supposed to have 4 wires, and the outer two are power and ground (brown is ground). Oddly enough the brown wire appears abandoned. There is a floating spade connection on the tank, and no female receptacle in the plug.
I put 12v to the two outer connections directly on the tank and the pump did run.
I called the dealership to ask about parts and the service advisor asked about my timing belt. I have 93,700 miles on it. He asked if the car is turning over faster when you try to start it, because you may have skipped ahead a notch. It seems like it's turning over faster, but hard to say as it always started right up before so I never heard it turning over.
Funny thing is I have an appt to go have my belt replaced tomorrow (NOT at the dealership).
Does it sound realistic that my belt could have slipped and be causing this?
And what's the deal with this power connection to the pump?