Euro 5 mk7.5 high fuel pressure poor start and rough running

[roperman]

Hi,

I've got a 2013 2.2 euro 5 RWD transit minibus that has refused to start a couple of times recently. And once it did it ran rough until it had been restarted a couple of times. The vehicle has 9000 miles on it so shouldn't have anything worn out on it. After a couple of goes it will run fine and not do this until its been sat for a bit.

Fault codes from IDS are:
P0088:00 fuel pressure too high - generic
P0088:24 fuel pressure too high - signal stuck high
P228D - Fuel Pressure Regulator 1 Exceeded Control Limits Pressure Too High

As its a low miles bus thats hardly done any work i'm wondering if its just the pressure switch. Anyone else have this fault?

I also noticed in the snapshot data that the ECU voltage at the time was 10v, is this a bit low? Could it be causing the ecu to shut off and therefore not control the inlet metering valve properly and resulting in an overpressure?

Or could it be something as mundane as needing a new fuel filter? (It had one at 3k)

Danny

[v8dave]

is it not still under warranty ?

[roperman]

I doubt it. its over 5 years old, i've no idea what the warranty would be on these but we bought it at auction. It was owned by a council in essex before us and never got used. We had a list of all the jobs its been used on and it fit on 1 piece of a4!

It runs fine when its running, which makes me suspect the battery. It only ever does it when starting after its been stood. And thinking about it the tacho always comes up "power interruption" at the same time which is telling me that the battery voltage has dropped too low. I'll try swapping the batteries over from another bus.

Just seems an odd fault as it initially refuses to start, then puts itself in limp mode, but seems to clear when you turn it off after leaving it a while. Its hard to replicate but I might try starting it with the fan on full and lights on first thing in the morning after its been stood a while to replicate a voltage drop, whilst having IDS plugged in looking at battery voltage, fuel rail pressure etc.

Danny

[roperman]

Right,
I've plugged in IDS and tried to replicate it, but it decided to be fine today.

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjSqc_KvnUU&feature=youtu.be

I noticed that the fuel rail pressure kept jumping above zero when the van was off (it had been stood overnight so shouldn't have been pressurised) but it could well be a normal sensor fluctuation.

I also noticed that the voltage the ecu was seeing when cranking dropped to 8.5v, which seems a little on the low side.

Which of these should I be more worried about?

Danny