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[tigers_gonads]

I'd be very surprised if the modification they did wasn't illegal in some way or another
I'd be having a word with DVSA (VOSA) and trading standards first 

Silly bastards like that shouldn't be allowed to pick up a spanner IMO 

[05omegav6]

What to do in the short term? Thinking along the lines of permanently opening the dump valve to disable the turbo

[Kevin Wood]

What to do in the short term? Thinking along the lines of permanently opening the dump valve to disable the turbo

If the pump is over-fuelling, that will just reduce the amount of air that gets in. OK, it'll reduce the power output when it does go postal, but won't stop the engine overspeeding.

The bottom line is that the system was designed without a lift pump. Every other DTi runs quite happily in that configuration, so your car had a fault - probably a small leak.

The mechanic thought he knew better, so rather than bother to find the leak, he's modified the car in a way that might well have killed it.

 

[amazonian]

Well I rang the garage and the 'foreman' said he would come to my house tomorrow and have a look at it, but rang back 2 hours later and said he could come now.
So he came and tried to start it, and eventually it fired up and ran sweetly for 4 seconds and then erupted to max revs,  forcing him to stall it to stop it.
He then removed the fuse to disable  the lift pump and tried it again and it would not start at all.
They are going to take it back to the garage tomorrow and have a look at it,obviously at no charge, and we will see what happens then.

Meanwhile I am off to Dorset to pick up my new aquisition, hoping its as good as it looks on the net, and as good as it sounds from the owners description.

Think its called 'sold as UNseen'

 

[amazonian]

Got the decision from the garage today regarding my 2.2Dti, and as expected its now officially another omega for the scrapyard.
Apparently the fuel pumps knackered and they removed 15lts of fuel from the sump, (or something ? ) but if it starts and runs it very soon reverts to maximum revs, so unless anyone on here thinks its worth doing it will have to be put to sleep.
Shame though, as when it ran it ran very well.
 

[Lazydocker]

Got the decision from the garage today regarding my 2.2Dti, and as expected its now officially another omega for the scrapyard.
Apparently the fuel pumps knackered and they removed 15lts of fuel from the sump, (or something ? ) but if it starts and runs it very soon reverts to maximum revs, so unless anyone on here thinks its worth doing it will have to be put to sleep.
Shame though, as when it ran it ran very well.
 

I hope they are paying you well for it as they caused the problem

[05omegav6]

Could this be as straight forward as swapping the turbo for a n other, fuel pump and removing the lift pump?

[Kevin Wood]

I doubt there's much wrong with the turbo, it's just been massively over-fuelling.

A dead fuel pump pretty much means a dead 2.2DTi, however.

[TheBoy]

Hopefully others will benefit from your misfortune of being screwed over by retards, and remember what has always been well known:

DON'T FIT A LIFT PUMP TO A CAR NOT DESIGNED TO HAVE ONE

[amazonian]

Hopefully others will benefit from your misfortune of being screwed over by retards, and remember what has always been well known:

DON'T FIT A LIFT PUMP TO A CAR NOT DESIGNED TO HAVE ONE

Quite so squire, its the main reason I posted about it, as a lesson to others.
You can all learn from my mistakes.

I make so many you will all become as wise as Solomon in no time at all.
 

[Lazydocker]

Hopefully others will benefit from your misfortune of being screwed over by retards, and remember what has always been well known:

DON'T FIT A LIFT PUMP TO A CAR NOT DESIGNED TO HAVE ONE

Quite so squire, its the main reason I posted about it, as a lesson to others.
You can all learn from my mistakes.

I make so many you will all become as wise as Solomon in no time at all.
 

Not your mistake Please, please, please tell me that the garage are compensating you? They (should) have liability insurance they can claim on to compensate you for their bad advice and bad workmanship!

The worry is that they will do this to someone else