04-09-2012, 08:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-09-2012, 09:01 PM by Andrew1967.)
Hi, this is my first post on this forum and hoping that you will be able to help out with a problem my father has with his Berlingo.
It's a 1.9 diesel 2002 02 plate model with just 44000 miles on the clock. A couple of months ago, Dad was driving the car and it just died on him, as though it had run out of diesel. It would not immediately restart. He left it about 15 minutes and it fired up on the button. A mile drive home and it cut out again but restarted and then cut out a short time later.
Not really sure what the problem was, we changed the fuel filter and it started up but then cut out again. It was towed to our local garage who put it on the diagnostics but no fault codes were shown. They checked the crank sensor which was OK and the start/stop solenoid which seemed to have a signal (albeit weak ?). After a couple of days they more or less exhausted all avenues and it was towed home.
Speaking to a friend in the trade, he has heard that this is not an uncommon problem on the PSA 1.9 diesel but the manufacturer will not admit to there being a problem. He has a Partner van that does the same and a friend of his has a Berlingo with the same problem. He wondered if it was muck in the tank that was being sucked up onto the internal filter and blocking the fuel supply. We took the tank out to check it ( why on earth is the filler at the BOTTOM of the tank ??!!) but it was clean. We put the tank back in and now the car will not start at all !!!
Any ideas or pointers would be really appreciated as the car is currently only good for scrap.
It's a 1.9 diesel 2002 02 plate model with just 44000 miles on the clock. A couple of months ago, Dad was driving the car and it just died on him, as though it had run out of diesel. It would not immediately restart. He left it about 15 minutes and it fired up on the button. A mile drive home and it cut out again but restarted and then cut out a short time later.
Not really sure what the problem was, we changed the fuel filter and it started up but then cut out again. It was towed to our local garage who put it on the diagnostics but no fault codes were shown. They checked the crank sensor which was OK and the start/stop solenoid which seemed to have a signal (albeit weak ?). After a couple of days they more or less exhausted all avenues and it was towed home.
Speaking to a friend in the trade, he has heard that this is not an uncommon problem on the PSA 1.9 diesel but the manufacturer will not admit to there being a problem. He has a Partner van that does the same and a friend of his has a Berlingo with the same problem. He wondered if it was muck in the tank that was being sucked up onto the internal filter and blocking the fuel supply. We took the tank out to check it ( why on earth is the filler at the BOTTOM of the tank ??!!) but it was clean. We put the tank back in and now the car will not start at all !!!
Any ideas or pointers would be really appreciated as the car is currently only good for scrap.