 tarmo120 wrote:Give us a pic of the filterhousing you have. If it is standard MK1 2L Diesel, you can just take the left and right connectors from the housing and muscle them together. Just don't break them. |
| Ozekuga wrote: To try and answer your questions in order. The DPF is a filter that takes out ant particles exhausted from your engine and stops them going into the atmosphere, if it gets clogged then the engine will struggle to run, so when a regen happens it burns all the collected soot so allowing the exhaust to flow through the DPF. It is not part of the start procedure. The starter takes it's power from the battery to crank over the engine, if it is breaking down then it might not crank the engine over fast enough, but in your case I think it can crank it fast enough. The alternator supplies electrical energy to recharge the battery which supplies your starter motor. The switch on the clutch is an interlock to prevent the car cranking unless the clutch is pressed down, so again I think this can be discounted from your problems. The air bubbles in the fuel line look like it is leaking air into the fuel system, which is not good. I still think it's the low pressure (lift) pump in the fuel tank, but that is just my opinion. Best of luck with the diagnosis. |
| tarmo120 wrote: Give us a pic of the filterhousing you have. If it is standard MK1 2L Diesel, you can just take the left and right connectors from the housing and muscle them together. Just don't break them. |
| Fillco wrote: So it is possibly looking like fuel starvation due to air. I'd imagine any joints in the fuel line should be visible for inspection and possibly evidence that fuel is leaking because there is pressure in the fuel line. But, if there is no evidence of leaking fuel, my thoughts are that air is entering the fuel line via the pump (in the tank) drawing in air somehow.!! |