bimbling along the motorway yesterday, van jerked and spluttered and cut out. first thing i did was loosen drain on filter to see if there was diesel, as i was running on fumes. instead of diesel coming out i could hear air being sucked in. pressure gauge on top of housing was at the red. genuine filter is only about a 1000 miles old. filter was 3/4s full. got it recovered and garage diagnosed pump fuked, got it taken home.
plugged in my reader this morning and 2 pump related codes, just for the sake of it i filled filter and loosened 2 injector pipes, fuel coming out and the van started. cleared codes and they didnt return.
the gauge on top measures the difference between pressure going in and going out, as the tank was nearly empty- id guess about 10 miles left- could the fag butts and dead cows at the bottom of tank have been sucked up and blocked the filter???
or any other ideas??