brianj
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Jan 20, 2020 20:10:49 GMT
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Probably no use - but I had did have intermittent running problems with mine which turned out to be the wire to the fuel stop / cut off solenoid. Maybe worth trying a wire to it straight from the battery on a day when your pretty sure it'll play up? I would expect it to show when running as well mind if that was the issue. This.... it absolutely would cause starting problems. An XUD needs diesel, air and compression to run nothing more. So long as it spinning over well, compression is not going to come and go so you can rule that out. If, once it is running, it is good, it is not going to have any air supply issues there to stop it starting. So it’s fuel. These pumps are pretty reliable so it is fair to start with solenoid or air leak. I’d check the solenoid first. If you can remove the plunger and refit the solenoid it can’t stop it starting (although you’d have to stall it to stop). Run like that for a week and if it doesn’t misbehave move on to an air leak. Check the hard line down it’s length for rust. Particularly around the clips. Check the rubber line in the engine bay between the pump and fuel filter, and filter and the bulkhead. (The bulkhead one is my vote) Is the prime a hand bulb or a button on the top of the fuel filter cannister? If the latter, they can leak air in odd ways around the button or seal. You can check all unions by smearing then with grease to seal them (messy but effective.) if you do it one at a time finding a bad one is not too hard.
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vulgalour
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Jan 20, 2020 21:32:05 GMT
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It is behaving a lot like air getting in the fuel and you can see air in the fuel line, so that's the prime suspect. The problem has been finding where the air is getting in. So I've gone through the hoses I can see and replaced the ones that were in need of replacement.
I haven't found any wiring issues since the problem started, all the various connections and wires are doing what they should so far as I can tell and nothing seems to make any difference when connections, etc. are cleaned or disturbed. So I might as well move straight to trying to find the air leak which is most likely the issue.
The house is eating most of my spare time, there's so many jobs that need attending to that a sometimes grumpy car is fairly low down on my list at the moment, but I know I have to try and solve the issue before the weather gets too mild or it's going to be even harder to track down.
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vulgalour
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Jan 21, 2020 14:57:59 GMT
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It was cold and dry today, just the sort of conditions the BX hates to start in. Look at all this luscious ice all over everything. Me: I'm going to diagnose the heck out of this starting problem. BX: Starts without any issue. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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Jan 21, 2020 19:58:31 GMT
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Lol! cars, doncha just love em?
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vulgalour
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Jan 21, 2020 22:30:10 GMT
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With this problem, there's been plenty of four letter words I've been tempted to use. Love is not one of them.
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Jan 22, 2020 12:22:30 GMT
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Ooh, I love a good intermittent fault!
Had an issue that it either (sometimes) wouldn't start when hot or it would (sometimes) out out. Couldn't see anything obvious with the diagnostics connected. I just told me low temperature, which didn't mean a lot as the gauge was reading bang centre.
Last time it did it I was in a massive traffic jam on a narrow street and had to push it (only 2 tonnes) to the side of the road.
So, time to investigate and did some checking around the internet. Plugged in the Nanaocom and fired her up from cold. Noticed that the temp sender that fed the ECU (there are two, the other feeds the gauge) stopping sending at around 70-something degrees. Seemed the ECU figured something terminal was happening and shut the engine down for protection. Gotcha!
Quick call to a mate and by afternoon had a 3 series BMW sender, which is identical, despite being a pre-BMW engine. Problem solved.
Ironically, a mate came to see me the following week with a near identical problem. I could point him straight to the issue and a similar BMW part fixed his too.
Good luck on your hunt!
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vulgalour
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Jan 22, 2020 14:43:21 GMT
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Driveway expansion is going pretty well. The advantage of using the slabs from the back garden is that they match the existing driveway perfectly, by the time we're done it won't look like we've done anything at all, which is perfect. Plenty of space for 2 cars when this front bit is finished and we'll be gaining a little more when we replace the muddy strips that pass for flower beds along the side of the garage and fence. Another 9 slabs to lay at the front, and 17 for the back, with about 40 slabs on the back garden to make use of means we've got plenty of materials for this. For the car port we're looking at extending the roof joists on the garage out for the roof frame since the end of the joists are visible from outside the garage due to the way the garage is built. You can buy pre-made car port kits, but it looks to be cheaper to get the raw materials in higher quality and custom build so that's probably the way we'll go.
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jamesd1972
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Jan 22, 2020 18:39:43 GMT
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Looking good ! Watch your back with those slabs, don’t think there is a better way to do yourself a mischief ! James
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Jan 24, 2020 20:32:34 GMT
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vulgalour
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Jan 24, 2020 22:48:32 GMT
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I *just* found and reposted that listing myself on some of the other forums I use. It made me laugh when I spotted it since a Princess for spares and an A40 truck (very appealing to the other half) about 30 miles from home for that little is just about perfect. Unfortunately, we haven't the space for two wrecks, because that's what they realistically are, and once you factor in transport costs for them both it quickly exceeds our current budget.
Can't say I wasn't tempted though. Sometimes it's a good thing I don't have my own flatbed truck, I'd end up being a liability.
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vulgalour
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Jan 24, 2020 22:49:46 GMT
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I should add, we finished the driveway. We still have way too many paving slabs left over, not really sure what we're going to do with them yet beyond lift, clean, and store them somewhere.
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Looks great. Lots of room. My bxs and zx all with xud, lost a drip of oil. Had to keep an off the block paving ha ha
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vulgalour
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Jan 25, 2020 10:20:04 GMT
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Mine doesn't have the xud oil drop problem, instead it has an intermitten LHM leak at the back which I'm pretty sure is one of the rear boots or return pipes. I've got new ones to go on, just haven't found the time/motivation to get under the car and get them replaced.
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vulgalour
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Jan 27, 2020 12:00:39 GMT
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Well we figured out what to do with all those extra slabs. There's a useless bit of astroturf to the right of the garage and we'd like a hose-down area for cleaning up tools so we'll stick the slabs down there. It'll double-up as an extra car parking spot too, giving us room for 5 cars, 6 if you can find one small enough to fit in the garage.
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Jan 27, 2020 14:29:48 GMT
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Room for that Orange princess then 😊
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vulgalour
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Jan 27, 2020 18:01:29 GMT
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It is dangerous having this much parking space. Also feels like something of a luxury. Maybe I should hire the space out to Londoners and retire early?
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vulgalour
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Jan 29, 2020 22:44:17 GMT
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Early afternoon today the Princess was collected from my old house where my friend had been kind enough to store it in their garage until I was sorted enough at the new house to get it moved. This was a massive boon since it allowed time for the house to be cleaned up, stuff to be organised, and of course the driveway to be made a little more usable. As usual, the Princess got the attention of other folks and a couple of images were passed on to me of the car on its journey south. Yes, the flatbed had a light out, just a running light, we did a lights check when he got here and everything else was working fine. The chap who delivered the car was just superb, and I was happy to pay the asking price for the service received. Traffic and weather were kind to him so he had a relatively easy run. Loading was apparently a bit annoying as the rear brakes had stuck on a bit, but unloading wasn't and the car rolled off into its new spot quite happily. There was even still a bit of power left in the battery and as far as I can tell, nothing had come adrift on the journey. The BX slots in front of the Princess very neatly. I'm looking forward to daylight tomorrow so I can have a proper look around the car and clear out the stuff I was storing in it that wouldn't fit in the removal van. Then as soon as I've got my valve spring compressor tool dug out (or bought a replacement if I can't find it), I can crack on with stripping down the head and trying again. Hopefully this time I won't mess things up!
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vulgalour
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Jan 30, 2020 12:02:49 GMT
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Today I got the Princess emptied out of the spares that were in it and found my valve spring compressor in a garage box. I've a suspicion I've the wrong head type on the compressor for the Princess head though, I'll find out when I have time to try it out. The Princess does look to be slightly shorter than the BX so it will fit in the garage a bit easier that way, unfortunately it's also a bit wider and that means I'd really struggle to get in and out of the car once it was in the garage. Car port building it is then. After a good inspection of the things I put back together loosely I can confirm that nothing appears to be missing under the bonnet and it shouldn't be too much work to get everything apart that I need to when I get into it.
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glenanderson
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Jan 30, 2020 14:12:47 GMT
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Arguably, security issues aside, a car port is a better place to store a car than a closed garage. Keep the garage as it is for secure storage of tools and parts, and add a car-port either side as funds allow to give you weather potection/car storage/ dry workspace.
It should be reasonably inexpensive to construct a timber structure that mirrors the side profile of the garage. Ideally you'd want a dwarf wall to put the side frame on, but you could easily use stout fence posts post-creted into place. A lightweight roof across the top and you're away.
Have you got power and light in the garage?
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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glenanderson
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Jan 30, 2020 14:14:06 GMT
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I should add, we finished the driveway. We still have way too many paving slabs left over, not really sure what we're going to do with them yet beyond lift, clean, and store them somewhere. Have that hedge out between the driveway and the fence, and use them up there.
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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