Hi guys,
I'm trying to keep my cack mk3 Astra 1.6 8v running for a few months until I can Scrappage the bad boy and get a lovely new car!
A week or so ago it stopped starting, you could bump start and that's about it - I thought the battery first but it turned out the starter motor was buggered. I replaced the starter at the weekend and have a new battery for it.
I got it to start and then found a nice big fuel leak in the fuel line at the engine side! Brill...
Went to the scrappy and got an identical fuel line, fitted it with not too much bother however now I can't start again! Won't jump either!
It sounds like the starter is clicking but there's no combustion... my first guess is no fuel is getting to the engine ... but it could also be an electrical fault - maybe there's a bad Earth somewhere?
Anyone got any ideas of what I can try as this is driving me mad!
I'm thinking about putting on a new fuel pump/filter if I can't think of anything else! bear in mind it started before I changed the fuel line!
Thanks in advance!
I'm trying to keep my cack mk3 Astra 1.6 8v running for a few months until I can Scrappage the bad boy and get a lovely new car!
A week or so ago it stopped starting, you could bump start and that's about it - I thought the battery first but it turned out the starter motor was buggered. I replaced the starter at the weekend and have a new battery for it.
I got it to start and then found a nice big fuel leak in the fuel line at the engine side! Brill...
Went to the scrappy and got an identical fuel line, fitted it with not too much bother however now I can't start again! Won't jump either!
It sounds like the starter is clicking but there's no combustion... my first guess is no fuel is getting to the engine ... but it could also be an electrical fault - maybe there's a bad Earth somewhere?
Anyone got any ideas of what I can try as this is driving me mad!
I'm thinking about putting on a new fuel pump/filter if I can't think of anything else! bear in mind it started before I changed the fuel line!
Thanks in advance!