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delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:12 pm
by after oil
i was driving along at about 80 this morning and everything just suddenly shut down and then started up again! i drove about 10 minutes before it happened and about 15 after and thats all the driving i did today. wtf?
yesterday i drove about 80kms on logging roads and spurs. on the "good" logging road, the mainline, i was driving pretty fast at 60km/h.
tomorrow AM im gonna look around underneath for soaked or loose wiring but otherwise im not sure where to begin.
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:15 pm
by asorensen
60km/h is fast for Main line gravel roads?
In my ignorance (I am not really sure what it could be) I would be checking fuel supply before electronics. After that first start up electronics aren't really required for a diesel engine to run. One other possibility that came to mind as I was typing though: If you have an automatic Is it possible it got bumped out of drive or something to that effect.
Good luck (and slow down to at least 80km/h would you!)
Andy
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:55 pm
by rdub
battery cables to terminals loose? this has happened to me before loading onto the ferry
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:07 pm
by bae146
there is a fuel shut off solenoid that could have bad wiring going to it. It is one of the wires going to the injector pump. (not sure what color it is, I will check it in the am, but I have a pajero it may not help...)
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:33 am
by mararmeisto
Might want to also check your key-ring or the ignition switch. I had a large number of keys on my ring and I suspect that I inadvertently shut off the vehicle one time when I was driving along (reaching for the fog lights to 'wave' at another Delica). I probably bumped the keys when I drew my hand back, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that a large key ring with many keys is prone to wear out the ignition switch more rapidly than the recommended-by-the-manufacture-one-key-on-the-ring setup.
Just a thought...
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:13 am
by after oil
asorensen wrote:60km/h is fast for Main line gravel roads?
In my ignorance (I am not really sure what it could be) I would be checking fuel supply before electronics. After that first start up electronics aren't really required for a diesel engine to run. One other possibility that came to mind as I was typing though: If you have an automatic Is it possible it got bumped out of drive or something to that effect.
Good luck (and slow down to at least 80km/h would you!)
Andy
if it were fuel supply, methinks the stereo, clock, etc would have not shut off.
rdub wrote:battery cables to terminals loose? this has happened to me before loading onto the ferry
maybe im wrong on this, but wont the delica run without a battery, after its started?
bae146 wrote:there is a fuel shut off solenoid that could have bad wiring going to it. It is one of the wires going to the injector pump. (not sure what color it is, I will check it in the am, but I have a pajero it may not help...)
this is more along the lines of what i was thinking, but im unsure becasue the stereo clock etc shut off too.
mararmeisto wrote:Might want to also check your key-ring or the ignition switch. I had a large number of keys on my ring and I suspect that I inadvertently shut off the vehicle one time when I was driving along (reaching for the fog lights to 'wave' at another Delica). I probably bumped the keys when I drew my hand back, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that a large key ring with many keys is prone to wear out the ignition switch more rapidly than the recommended-by-the-manufacture-one-key-on-the-ring setup.
Just a thought...
just one key on my key ring (im not sure where my house keys are, i havent locked the door in about a year and a half) i hope its something this simple though
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:49 am
by loki
I think the fuel shut-off solenoid need constant power to keep the fuel flowing, if the battery gets discoed the solenoid will shut off the fuel (I think that is how it works)
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:20 pm
by after oil
rdub wrote:battery cables to terminals loose? this has happened to me before loading onto the ferry
i disconnected the terminals with the engine running and it still runs
the new batteries i bought for my van when it came had terminals on the left rather than the right. i didnt notice till i installed the batts 6 weeks or so after i bought them. the problem is that the battery hold downs were arcing the terminals. i cut the hold downs to fit around the terminals.
i just looked in there and it seems that they are still occasionally arcing. i readjusted everything best i could and added a little insulation (electrical tape) i hope its just this simple and the little burp never happens again.
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:40 pm
by after oil
this little burp happened again. this time for a few seconds. again on the highway, again about 10 minutes of driving
Re: delica on hwy suddenly shuts down 2 secs then starts again
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:02 am
by after oil
bae146 wrote:there is a fuel shut off solenoid that could have bad wiring going to it. It is one of the wires going to the injector pump. (not sure what color it is, I will check it in the am, but I have a pajero it may not help...)
dude, you are right!
it finally shut down and stayed down so it could be tested, unfortunately on the hwy a long way from home.
for clarification i was wrong about everything shutting down, its just the motor.
http://www.delica.ca/forum/fuel-shut-of ... -3810.html