DPF advice please

Got the insurance company to send out roadside assistance.

He tried starting the car - wouldn’t start.

He said that he thinks it’s trying to start but starved of fuel. He reckons it’s the fuel pump - especially when I said about the fuel pressure sensor. He said if he had easy start he could put it into the air box but he didn’t have it in the van.


Does that all make sense?

Hurrache wrote: »

There's probably a manual pump under the bonnet somewhere, it's used for when the car runs out of fuel to get some back into the engine again. If there's one, pump it a bit to see if it then starts and will give you an idea if the issue is it being starved of fuel.

Thanks for that. Now you say it - I think he may have done that. He went to the back of the car then to the fuel pump.

Anyway - it’s with a new garage now.

Thanks to everyone for their help and advice. I’ll keep you posted on the problem/outcome.

FrankC21 wrote: »

Any updates? I have the same engine on my fluence just curious about the result, cause I have been driving mine almost every single day more than 100km a day and will be driving it more.

So far no issues with mine just coming close to getting it serviced, oil and filter change, nonstop spending just recently got the all brakes done on it.
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Thanks for checking in. Still waiting for the mechanic to call me. Local lad that comes highly recommended. They’re booked up til end of June but he’s squeezing me in this week.

I hope it’s just the fuel filter and it isn’t too expensive. I think the car costs me about €700 a year if not more in extra costs over the last 10 years. The joys of car ownership.