Kangoo diesel starting

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Mon 30 Jan 2006 20:37
Kangoo diesel starting - mikejharvey
I hope someone might be able to help with a starting problem on my 1999 T 1.9 Renault Kangoo Diesel. Most mornings, it totally refuses to start. Having loosened an injector pipe, on cranking, it is clearly not injecting, which makes me suspect it is the stop solenoid. Sometimes either with a jump start or a fiddle round with the wiring it will start. The really strange thing is that once started, it will stop & start all day no problem, but as soon as it is left to get really cold, ie overnight, it will not go again. I have checked the ecu and other connections I can find, and put a new battery on, as I wondered if it was low current to the stop solenoid, but no difference. I also thought as to whether or not it could be an immobiliser problem which is preventing the stop solenoid pulling off. I can see the shielded wires coming from the solenoid, from under the shield, and have thought about putting an ignition live straight to it, but the thought of backfeeding the ECU gives me the jitters. I would be very grateful for some expert advice please!
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Mon 30 Jan 2006 20:42
Kangoo diesel starting - Peter D
I you can start it with a jump start I would suspect the extra cranking speed is priming the pump. You may be sucking in air over night thus the non start then all right all day. Prime the system well before starting and if OK then the challenge will be finding the leak, Check filter and pipework. Regards Peter
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Mon 30 Jan 2006 21:20
Kangoo diesel starting - mikejharvey
Hi Peter, many thanks for this, but in an effort to keep the description as short as possible, I omitted to say that it has the pump off and to a specialist for checking, had a new priming pump, fuel lines, injectors checked, heater plugs etc. In actual fact, I sold it to a friend 3 months ago, running perfectly apart from a little air bleeding into the system overnight causing a few seconds misfire when it started. After he had it for a couple of weeks it developed this fault. He reckons to have spent nearly £600 on it, and we had 'words' and I have given him his money back. I don't really see it as my fault that he let someone spend all that money on fixing the wrong problems!
Mike
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