24th September 2022, 06:50
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Originally Posted by Matt_75
First of all, I want to thank everyone for their input. It's greatly appreciated!
I finally managed to find the issue and get the car to start and run today! It was a stuck check valve in the HP pump as mentioned in one of the forum posts I linked. I think having stood for 4 years, the fuel has gone a bit sticky and needs diluting with fresh diesel or draining from the tank.
To fix it, I removed the starter motor to get better access to the clamps holding the hose to the inlet of the pump. I removed the clamps and hose and inserted a clean punch into the inlet and found the valve to be stuck. I applied a bit of pressure and it came unstuck. I then pushed it a few times as initial movement wasn't very smooth but it soon improved.
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I then put everything back together however one of the hose clamps was a weird design I've never come across before. It could be undone with a flat bladed screwdriver but needed a special tool to do it up. I replaced it with a regular fuel hose clamp borrowed from my '73 Triumph Dolomite as I didn't have anything else to hand!
For anyone trying to diagnose a similar issue, I'll leave some helpful links here:
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Multimeter Tests for fuel pressure and cam sensor signal
https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=69308
https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=109615
Additional info on pressure sensor voltage
https://www.mg-rover.org/threads/cdt...1/post-5027500
HP Pump Check Valve
https://www.mg-rover.org/threads/75-...p-pump.329789/ |
Hi Matt.
Just caught up with this thread, nice to hear you got it sorted out and also a thank you for adding what you did  |
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