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tourerboy75 · 26th September 2020, 11:59

Hello.

Can anyone help me please. I have a garaged Rover 75 CDTI, year 2002 on a SORN with just 23,000 on the clock. I decided to put it back on the road again after 10 years of storage. I want to give it a complete service and clean up before it's new MOT.

I wanted to ged rid of the 10 year old stood diesel in the tank. I've pumped out as much of the old diesel as I could from the fuel tank to virtually emptying it using the under bonnet fuel pump with clear tubing into a jerry can. I then refilled the tank to just under half full with some new diesel. I used to turn the engine over regulary before and it would always start first time with no problems, but after the new fuel refill the engine just turns over but it absolutely refuses to start.

I've checked both the back seat and under bonnet pumps and they can be heard to be working fine. I have unclipped the outlet flow pipe from the fuel filter and inserted some clear tubing to see if fuel is flowing through the fuel filter to the outlet point on the other side of the filter, which it is when the ignition is turned fully on. So fuel is getting through to this point.

Any ideas on what may be causing the engine now not to start. The engine did start first time before I started to empty the old fuel out. It did take me an hour and a half to empty the fuel using the UBP by turning the ignition on and off for a minute evertime. Have I caused any damage to the Fuel Injectors or the Glow Plugs by having the ignition fully turned on whist emtying, or have I burnt out something that I am not aware of.

Any advice would be much appreciated. It's a lovely car with no body rust or major bodywork scars, it's like new inside and out and I'm scratching my head for away to get it restarted and on the road again.

Thanks for any replies.

26th September 2020, 11:59	#1
tourerboy75 Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer CDT Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Spalding Posts: 31 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Pumped out old Diesel added New to a 10 year garaged 75 cdti, now engine won't start Hello. Can anyone help me please. I have a garaged Rover 75 CDTI, year 2002 on a SORN with just 23,000 on the clock. I decided to put it back on the road again after 10 years of storage. I want to give it a complete service and clean up before it's new MOT. I wanted to ged rid of the 10 year old stood diesel in the tank. I've pumped out as much of the old diesel as I could from the fuel tank to virtually emptying it using the under bonnet fuel pump with clear tubing into a jerry can. I then refilled the tank to just under half full with some new diesel. I used to turn the engine over regulary before and it would always start first time with no problems, but after the new fuel refill the engine just turns over but it absolutely refuses to start. I've checked both the back seat and under bonnet pumps and they can be heard to be working fine. I have unclipped the outlet flow pipe from the fuel filter and inserted some clear tubing to see if fuel is flowing through the fuel filter to the outlet point on the other side of the filter, which it is when the ignition is turned fully on. So fuel is getting through to this point. Any ideas on what may be causing the engine now not to start. The engine did start first time before I started to empty the old fuel out. It did take me an hour and a half to empty the fuel using the UBP by turning the ignition on and off for a minute evertime. Have I caused any damage to the Fuel Injectors or the Glow Plugs by having the ignition fully turned on whist emtying, or have I burnt out something that I am not aware of. Any advice would be much appreciated. It's a lovely car with no body rust or major bodywork scars, it's like new inside and out and I'm scratching my head for away to get it restarted and on the road again. Thanks for any replies.