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ok I see it, well the belt is still on and its going round when I start the car. it seems to start ok but then if I put any electrics in wipers headlights radio etc it says low battery...so would this be alternator rather than battery problem? seems like it's been running purely on the battery...

Cheers will have to get hold of a meter, this happened the day after an MOT and some work was done, front coil springs and stabiliser links fitted, any chance they could of knocked something?? dont even know where the altenator is tbh anyone got a good pic? cheers

hi guys , after recent fuel leak problems in my last thread I finally get car sorted, drove 45 mile to work absolutely fine , on the drive home suddenly stop light comes on and low battery warning, it went away after about 3 min then returned 10 min later same again disappeared after a few min...

ok charged battery , few pumps of primer bulb heard some air come out I think and bulb went solid so gave it a try and boom started 1st go, now need to replace this tiny 3" hose and blanking plug ...this ok?? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=370976807859 hose need any other clips...

guys, can anyone be kind enough to lob up an eBay link to the right hose and blanking cap, do I need else anything to secure the hose on? cheers for all help so far!!

Another update, i banged in 5 more litres of diesel, and started pumping the primer bulb... id previously thought the clear fuel line was full of diesle with no air bubbles..... how wrong i was haha diesel started being pulled into the tube! the tube was empty and full of air previously, thought...

so, crack or no crack lol, and where can I get the fuel piper, it's like 3"long just buy a length and cut or is there pre made official hose?

so, plan is..charge battery, bang some more diesel in, pump primer, key need too be in and turned for that?? and I'm hoping that some air comes out yeah? what's all this crack open an injector nonsense he's talking about? think they sent a yts lad out :p

I was on the way to see some this morn!!

58k mileage, breakdown guys verdict is....possibly battery not supplying enough power, possibly needs oil, possibly not enough diesel in...and air in the fuel system, said get some one to crack open injector let air out? I'm no mechanic but surely the battery and oil thing is b****cks for what...

I'd tried that already cheers, virtually flattened the battery so had to abandon it, the wife has gone to get it recovered, she text saying the guy thinks it's the battery??? could a duff battery cause what happened to the car, how would a battery cause it to grind to a halt??

update! car ran prefect for a day and was starting quicker than it has done for weeks...then this morn I was on way out and after about a mile the car just lost power instantly and speed started dropping, infection fault flashed up as it crawled to a stop, I was really low on diesel but not...

was the diesel leak of pipe,came completely off, breakdown guy advised me to replace it and get a new blanking cap, seems to be plenty of generic pipe and blanking caps on eBay, are these universal fitting ?

thanks,not safe to drive if it starts up I assume haha

cheers, no I didn't know what the primer was thanks for telling me, I will travel up to work on Sunday and check it, so should be obvious if the primer itself is punctured just from a squeeze of it?

Hi guys, got a 55 plate clio 1.5 dci , yesterday it wouldnt start and took 5-6 attempts and just as the battery was fading it started, so i drove to work approx 45 miles away, as i parked up and got out i could smell diesel, so i tried starting the car again to see if it would start.. the...