2004 Suzuki Vitara starting problems
Year: 2004
Variant: 2 lt td
Categories:
Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
my 04 vitara sometimes does not start first time. I can use the car and it works ok first time , then the next time it will take up to 5 goes.Its not every time . it may go a few weeks ok and then have a couple of bad days . My garage is have no luck with it . it has a new battery last winter , and new glow plugs and injectors last week, and still this morning the same thing . a couple of people have said it could be the crank shaft sensor.
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 (11 years ago)
Is it related to the fuel level in the tank?
worse say when the tanks 1/4,1/2 ?
Thing is these can be a pain to diagnose,if there's no fault codes and live data shows up nothing untoward then it a proccess of elimination.
start where you want,the battery and starter Must turn the engine over more than 200 rpm on crank,is it?
the fuel MUST be delivered with sufficent amounts and no air,I keep a slave gallon tank to rule out the vechicle tank,do you need to bleed it when it wont start?
The CAS is a possible but would need 'scoped to check the waveform,no good just fitting a new one .it may be picking up stray signal noise from the starter,an alternative test is will it bump start when it's playing up?.
But it may be simpler/quicker to go to a diesel specialis,there's usually one local to most areas,see in the book.
worse say when the tanks 1/4,1/2 ?
Thing is these can be a pain to diagnose,if there's no fault codes and live data shows up nothing untoward then it a proccess of elimination.
start where you want,the battery and starter Must turn the engine over more than 200 rpm on crank,is it?
the fuel MUST be delivered with sufficent amounts and no air,I keep a slave gallon tank to rule out the vechicle tank,do you need to bleed it when it wont start?
The CAS is a possible but would need 'scoped to check the waveform,no good just fitting a new one .it may be picking up stray signal noise from the starter,an alternative test is will it bump start when it's playing up?.
But it may be simpler/quicker to go to a diesel specialis,there's usually one local to most areas,see in the book.
Posted Nov 15, 2012 (11 years ago)
your car has the peugeot hdi engine if there are no codes in the ecu the favorite is ----open the fuel filter and see if there are any brass particles in the fuel, this is caused by the electric low pressure fuel pump located by the tank braking up.if so replace pump remove tank drain and clean, clean out fuel lines replace filter and remove fuel pressure regulator on back of high pressure pump clean out.if no good new high pressure pump as well.
Posted Nov 18, 2012 (11 years ago)
Thanks both for getting back to me . Some times the fuel pump makes more noise when I start up car . would this tie in with the second reply ?
Posted Nov 19, 2012 (11 years ago)
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