car wont start now

**tdigolf** · 13-08-2009,07:21 PM

after mine died and wouldnt start i had it tows and diagnosed it was a fuel injection pump which are 600-700 for a recon pump or 1200 new from vw i got one off a car today with 40000miles on i seen it running before we taken the pump off it and fitted it timed it up correctly but it just wont fire any one got any ideas? i am going to try and tow it off in the morning see if it makes any difference :/ its not showing any faults up now on the diagnostics

(its a 90bhp 1.9tdi)

**zollaf** · 13-08-2009,11:08 PM

possibly not the pump. does the glow plug light come on with the ignition?

**jgvw** · 13-08-2009,11:23 PM

Check you have 12v to the stop solenoid on the pump when the ignition is on,also that the engine control relay(109 in the fuse box) is working as they suffer from dry joints inside on the soldering or just fail.
If the car died and a different pump still isn't working it sounds electrical.Was the car running fine before it died.

**Crasher** · 13-08-2009,11:26 PM

Try giving it a gentle and carefully administered shot of Easy Start. Beware though, it is easy to destroy the engine with this ether.

**tdigolf** · 14-08-2009,04:35 PM

yeh it was i was driving the car and it just stoped as if some one turned off the ignition off then i went back to it later and it started but died again and wouldnt since, i had the diagnostic computer pluged in and it said the fuel pump wasnt working so i fitted a new one out of a car with 40000miles on i seen the car running before i taken it off. i fitted it to mine timed it up and it just tried to start it but it wont start i have pulged the computer in and its showing no faults now, tried towing it off but that didnt work iether just smoke off the unburned fuel i have had the cambelt off twice to check the timing and all apears to be well!

i am lost where to go now..

**tdigolf** · 14-08-2009,04:39 PM

sorry yes the glow plug light comes on, it jus turns over and wont fire

**zollaf** · 14-08-2009,04:51 PM

ok, the glow plug light being on indicates the ecu control relay is probably not the fault.

**jgvw** · 14-08-2009,05:24 PM

Check you have 12v to the stop solenoid and that it clicks when the ignition is tuned on,maybe bad wiring somewhere if it stopped and fired up again .Try a pernament feed from the battery to the solenoid

**tdigolf** · 14-08-2009,06:38 PM

you can hear the solanoid clicking in the fuel pump when you turn the ignition on and off and all the lights go out as they should on the dash just wont fire :/