Miggy
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Hi! Firstly, thank you all so much for the wealth of information you've accumulated on this forum. You've been a gold mine for many of us lurkers!
I've got a 2006 Accord 2.2 I-CTDI Ex which has, with a previous owner, had the fuel rail system replaced with no further faults until now.
I've experienced a non-start three months ago (cranking at normal speed, good battery, no previous fault). It was a hot day and priming the fuel bulb seemed to make it go eventually. Management light cleared after the 3 subsequent starts. No re-occurrence.
Moving forward to a couple of weeks ago. I ran the tank very low and found an unusual hesitation after about 5-8 minutes of driving. This has occurred every drive, sometimes worse than others. It would hesitate then drive absolutely fine. Sometimes the management light would illuminate then clear after the three starts.
Thinking it could be contamination and I knew it was time to change the filter anyway, I did so four days ago. The genuine Honda filter seemed to prime and start without fault. Drove it and the hesitation remained, again after about 5 mins. Thought it could be an air pocket.
Driving in this morning I had a tailgater so opted to pull over into a lay-by to let the tool pass. Engine cut-out and wouldn’t restart. Tried to prime using the fuel bulb, went hard then pressure quickly dissipated. Still failed to start. Twice it coughed into life and died immediately. Left for 10 mins and it started fine. Drove to work with using a lower gear and higher RPM than normal (to stop the RPM from getting too low) and no fault apparent (other than the management light). It appeared to idle as normal so turned it off and left it. I just tried starting and it lit up without any problems.
Current fault codes: P0335, P0336 and P0339. No apparent leaks from the filter or any pipework.
My way forward as I see it:
1) Clear codes and re-check.
2) Re-bleed the filter.
3) Do a leak back check on injectors and pressure valve.
4) EGR valve tinkering.
Thoughts, please?
I've got a 2006 Accord 2.2 I-CTDI Ex which has, with a previous owner, had the fuel rail system replaced with no further faults until now.
I've experienced a non-start three months ago (cranking at normal speed, good battery, no previous fault). It was a hot day and priming the fuel bulb seemed to make it go eventually. Management light cleared after the 3 subsequent starts. No re-occurrence.
Moving forward to a couple of weeks ago. I ran the tank very low and found an unusual hesitation after about 5-8 minutes of driving. This has occurred every drive, sometimes worse than others. It would hesitate then drive absolutely fine. Sometimes the management light would illuminate then clear after the three starts.
Thinking it could be contamination and I knew it was time to change the filter anyway, I did so four days ago. The genuine Honda filter seemed to prime and start without fault. Drove it and the hesitation remained, again after about 5 mins. Thought it could be an air pocket.
Driving in this morning I had a tailgater so opted to pull over into a lay-by to let the tool pass. Engine cut-out and wouldn’t restart. Tried to prime using the fuel bulb, went hard then pressure quickly dissipated. Still failed to start. Twice it coughed into life and died immediately. Left for 10 mins and it started fine. Drove to work with using a lower gear and higher RPM than normal (to stop the RPM from getting too low) and no fault apparent (other than the management light). It appeared to idle as normal so turned it off and left it. I just tried starting and it lit up without any problems.
Current fault codes: P0335, P0336 and P0339. No apparent leaks from the filter or any pipework.
My way forward as I see it:
1) Clear codes and re-check.
2) Re-bleed the filter.
3) Do a leak back check on injectors and pressure valve.
4) EGR valve tinkering.
Thoughts, please?
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