2004 1.9 dcdi vauxall vivaro van

[m3vuv]

hi all got this van in it starts them cuts out,eventualy it will start and run but few about ten seconds is realy sluggish to rev,its like its air in the system but im not 100% sure on this,its had a new fuel filter and there is no sign of any leaks on the fuel side of things,have these got a neutral switch on these ?,any help welcome on this,cheers Paul.

[Liteace]

Did this all start happening after the fuel filter was changed ?

[Larue]

Any fault codes? All OK with rail pressure?
Could be problem with EGR or air mass sensor.

[Meat-Head]

one of them, jobs.

Get your wallt out, extract ?100 - give the costmer ?10 - tell them to fopok off, donate rest to DK - really WILL be money well spent.

[richy_rich]

I'd go with Larue's suggestions to start with, from the info you've given they sound likely culprits.

[obd.tech]

meaty's right :-)............could be anything with out more info

[m3vuv]

no fault codes coming up,once its going it runs ok!

[smirnoff_rules]

answer Liteace

[Meat-Head]

answer Liteace

No, you answer with your favorite anwser - pretend it's a Zafira Diesel.

[JustMeAgain]

Without error codes youre suffed. Many elecyrical isses also cause similar. Look for chafed wiring behind thermoplungers, behind engine under airbox and check good contacts on large blue plug and smaller black one in main fuse/relay box.

[sherl645]

Hi,
In 04 it could have an electric pump in the tank, has it got a hand primer beside the filter? If there is no primer there's an electric pump. Make sure its working. They will run without it but hard started.

Ronan

[m3vuv]

it has a hand primer,i did wonder about a pre pump.the van was fine untill one morning it was a bastard to staet and its been the same ever since,its just as tho its pulling air!

[obd.tech]

pump up the handprimer and see if it starts better!

[m3vuv]

ive tried that.it makes no difference,it starts first turn but cuts out strait away,on about the tenth try if you hold it flat out it will slowly rev after about 10 seconds then its fine untill you stop it and leave it for a few mins then its the same againe!

[Larue]

ive tried that.it makes no difference,it starts first turn but cuts out strait away,on about the tenth try if you hold it flat out it will slowly rev after about 10 seconds then its fine untill you stop it and leave it for a few mins then its the same againe!

Had one the with same symptoms couple days ago.Turned out leaking safety valve in fuel rail. It's located on the end of fuel rail and there is a leakback pipe on top. There should be no fuel at all coming out from rail under cranking or running. If there is fuel coming out from that pipe then replace valve.
As you haven't mentioned which engine management system it is i assume that is EDC15C...