non start polo diesel

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Sun 5 Dec 2004 23:10
non start polo diesel - big davey
Can anyone out there help, I have a r reg polo diesel with a lucas pump on which will not start or even fire, The A.A kindly dumped it on us apparently it ran out of diesel, some diesel was put in and bled in the normal way but still would not start. I know this car was well over due a timing, belt so set about stripping it to check in case it had jumped, it all aligned up, so continued to install a new belt, but still had the problem of not starting. I fitted a new fuel filter to eliminate that and now have made a small fuel tank to bypass the tank, filter and pipework and gone stright to pump, still will not fire. I don't seem to have much pressure at the injector pipes/injectors.
I spoke to our local Lucas branch who were amazed it had a lucas pump on this car, he suggested getting a code reader to connect to the pump. any more suggestions/remidies as i think it is the pump at fault.
cheers
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