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Re: Silly thought.

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All back in business now.

A final check over and a BSI reset then a ten mile burn up at 60/70mph and it's as sweet as a nut, all the fault code have disappeared and the EML is off. :)
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Re: Silly thought.

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Don't know what all the fuss was about, we all knew you would get it sorted =D> =D> =D> :rofl2:
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Re: Silly thought.

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Which bit fixed it Gibbo :?:

The replacement HP Pump
The replacement Pressure sensor

or
Gibbo2286 wrote: 07 Sep 2019, 12:17 put the diag stuff aside, bled the system out right up to the injectors .
or all three :-D

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Re: Silly thought.

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I can't be sure Neil, it might have been any one of the many electronic bits on the pump or the fuel rail or the glow plug system or even just a bloody minded ECU. :)
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Re: Silly thought.

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Oh what a sickly sweet conclusion! I was hoping for a definitive answer to my Xantia HDi non-start.

I think I have to next go down the pump exchange route.

Did you ever check any of the wiring out Gibbo2286? I ask because I've crawled all over the wiring in mine and the insulation looks very aged and almost pitted. Perhaps this is the price of living in a diesel environment. Wires feel stiff to a few choice components but resistances check out fine so probably not corroded.
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Rhothgar wrote: 22 Aug 2020, 10:24 Oh what a sickly sweet conclusion! I was hoping for a definitive answer to my Xantia HDi non-start.

I think I have to next go down the pump exchange route.

Did you ever check any of the wiring out Gibbo2286? I ask because I've crawled all over the wiring in mine and the insulation looks very aged and almost pitted. Perhaps this is the price of living in a diesel environment. Wires feel stiff to a few choice components but resistances check out fine so probably not corroded.
I think maybe you should do as I did, forget the diagnostics and try to get the thing bled right up to the injectors,

I think that mine was trapped air in the system between the hp pump and the injectors so not letting the pressure rise enough to fire them.

I bled mine by disconnecting the injector pipes one at a time and using a hand pump to suck up the fuel until it was clear of air right up to there, then it fired up with a shot of Easy-Start and kept going, not missed a beat since.
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