1.9 16v JTD Not starting, tried the usuals. Pics added
Hi I'm newly registered but a long term browser, had an alfa 156 Veloce sportwagon 2.0TS, gorgeous car and I loved it dearly, sold it as quite simply I wanted something smaller and most importantly needed fuel economy so flogged it and was buying an A3TDi...
So late one night I ended up buying a 147 1.9 16v jtd Mjet 150bhp face lift on 05 with 108k and "full service history and cam belt and tensioners changed at 106k so nothing to do"...
Brilliant when I picked it up but over the following two weeks it became annoying, it was cold weather but even on warmer mornings it was a poor starter, had poor performance and just laggy as hell, I should point out I have experience of these having used and worked on dads zafira and Astra SRi 150.. so I knew something was wrong
Into the garage and stripped off egr as its usual suspect and swapped it for a good cleaned up example I had, BUT upon doing so I noticed the inlet tracts were blocked so off with the vaccum valve and boost pipes, it was seriously cacked up. I should point out that upon removing this valve the alien key I was using touched from the valve to the positive battery terminal fuse plate (more on this later)
Cleaned out all the inlet best as possible and cleaned all the tracts for egr, refitted old egr after finding it was good and functioning and fitted a restrixter plate, cleaned vaccumn flap and refitted and removed and cleaned boost sensor
All back together and it wouldn't start, just constant turning to the point of flattening battery. Tried a jump start off the zafira and nothing so tried a bump start and same again nothing, back in garage and I knew it was something else, avid reader of astra owners club and a guy on there had had an astra (same engine) poor starter and then one day non start, so I stripped off timing belt covers and sure enough cam belt was loose and tensioner wasn't right, got AST lock tools and sure enough timing was out
All belts and covers off, injectors out and rocker cover off and sure enough 9 cracked rockers, replaced em all, new water pump, gen cambelt kit, aux belt and tensioners and most importantly aligned the two cans which had slipped on the cam gears
all back together and it won't start, got latest version of multiscan on it which reckons its fine and no codes at all, fuel rail pressure 436 bar. Battery voltage 12.55 (after charge) etc etc
It has a quite substantial 1.4 amp draw on the battery which so far I have reduced down to 0.75 by taking out fuse 39 on internal fuse box which is for boot release and climate control and diagnostic socket, I belive this draw is due to the VERY SHORT earthing I did of the battery positive st start but am loathed to know why, suggestions of this forum would be body computer gone... but none of the other symptoms
Ideas people, very much appreciated
Ps I'm no master mechanic but have done 2 172 conversions in renault sport clios and a full rebuild of a 182RS engine
Hi I'm newly registered but a long term browser, had an alfa 156 Veloce sportwagon 2.0TS, gorgeous car and I loved it dearly, sold it as quite simply I wanted something smaller and most importantly needed fuel economy so flogged it and was buying an A3TDi...
So late one night I ended up buying a 147 1.9 16v jtd Mjet 150bhp face lift on 05 with 108k and "full service history and cam belt and tensioners changed at 106k so nothing to do"...
Brilliant when I picked it up but over the following two weeks it became annoying, it was cold weather but even on warmer mornings it was a poor starter, had poor performance and just laggy as hell, I should point out I have experience of these having used and worked on dads zafira and Astra SRi 150.. so I knew something was wrong
Into the garage and stripped off egr as its usual suspect and swapped it for a good cleaned up example I had, BUT upon doing so I noticed the inlet tracts were blocked so off with the vaccum valve and boost pipes, it was seriously cacked up. I should point out that upon removing this valve the alien key I was using touched from the valve to the positive battery terminal fuse plate (more on this later)
Cleaned out all the inlet best as possible and cleaned all the tracts for egr, refitted old egr after finding it was good and functioning and fitted a restrixter plate, cleaned vaccumn flap and refitted and removed and cleaned boost sensor
All back together and it wouldn't start, just constant turning to the point of flattening battery. Tried a jump start off the zafira and nothing so tried a bump start and same again nothing, back in garage and I knew it was something else, avid reader of astra owners club and a guy on there had had an astra (same engine) poor starter and then one day non start, so I stripped off timing belt covers and sure enough cam belt was loose and tensioner wasn't right, got AST lock tools and sure enough timing was out
All belts and covers off, injectors out and rocker cover off and sure enough 9 cracked rockers, replaced em all, new water pump, gen cambelt kit, aux belt and tensioners and most importantly aligned the two cans which had slipped on the cam gears
all back together and it won't start, got latest version of multiscan on it which reckons its fine and no codes at all, fuel rail pressure 436 bar. Battery voltage 12.55 (after charge) etc etc
It has a quite substantial 1.4 amp draw on the battery which so far I have reduced down to 0.75 by taking out fuse 39 on internal fuse box which is for boot release and climate control and diagnostic socket, I belive this draw is due to the VERY SHORT earthing I did of the battery positive st start but am loathed to know why, suggestions of this forum would be body computer gone... but none of the other symptoms
Ideas people, very much appreciated
Ps I'm no master mechanic but have done 2 172 conversions in renault sport clios and a full rebuild of a 182RS engine