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I have posted this in the S-Max thread already, but no-one has commented....

S-Max 2009 2.0L TDCI (Duratec) QXWB

Hoping I can steal some words of wisdom, bar the.... take it to a garage, because that is last step....

Driving home one day, a little low on fuel, the idle became very rough and when trying to rev, it would stifle the revs and then eventually cut out. Thinking it was fuel, I got 5 litres delivered to me, topped it up and tried to restart. No avail.... Had the Yellow man come out to me, and after 30 minutes, still couldn't get it started. So I was towed home.

They thought it was the fuel injector pump, and to be fair, I was convinced of this too. So I got a second-hand one, swapped it out and bled it through manually. I have ForScan and there is no MIL.

I have changed a fuel line as well as changing the fuel filter.

However, I can see from the common rail pressure sensor that fuel is building up, and it does start roughly and then cuts out. During this, there is unburnt diesel being pumped out of the exhaust.

I am now wondering/dreading that the timing belt has jumped a tooth, hence the rough idle and stalling. 

Any other ideas before I delve in to the pains of timing belt woes?

 

Simon

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    Possible faulty injector maybe?

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    14 hours ago, DaveT70 said:

    Possible faulty injector maybe?

    Help needed ASAP ??? 🤣

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    Thanks Dave, I did wonder about fuel injectors, however, would it stall with a faulty one, or just run really rough? I am changing the timing belt today anyway, so will make sure that everything lines up.

    Any ideas on testing the injectors? Would there be a fault?

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    9 hours ago, unofix said:

    Help needed ASAP ??? 🤣

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    Yeah...... luckily i have another car to use, but its the family car.... I was hoping for quicker responses to be fair!

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    9 hours ago, Sigold said:

    I was hoping for quicker responses to be fair!

    I quite understand. I will be having stern words with @DaveT70 his response time to your original post of exactly 90 minutes is totally unacceptable. He should have replied in less than 5 minutes 🤣🤣🤣

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    I have taken the coaching!

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