Cutting out! - Relay?

[panzerphil]

My Clio cut out on the way home from work on Friday morning.

Felt identical to running out of fuel but I had a full tank. The electrics were fine & the headlights stayed on OK. As soon as the car came to a stop I turned the ignition off & then started it up OK. It ran for another 5 miles or so then did it again. I've done about 50 miles since & it's been OK.

I mentioned this to my Mum as she has the same model (dCi) & she said the same thing happened to her & it turned out to be a relay, that's all she could tell me.

Which relay do you think this could be?
Fuel pump relay?
Where is it located?

Is this a common fault?

Thanks for looking.

Phil.

 

[Josh@Renparts]

if you do find what the fault is im breaking a dci so can supply any parts. is the fuel pump running when you turn the key to position 2?

 

[panzerphil]

Oh yea, the car runs fine now but I just want to know what happened when it cut out twice on Friday morning. It's never done that before in the 7 years/50,000 miles I've owned the car.

Thanks for replying.

 

[edde]

Could be a number of thing sbest get the car plugged into a computer and get the fault code read.

 

[panzerphil]

Thanks for the replies.

On the way home from work this morning it cut out too many times to count! :S

I drove straight to my local Renault dealer & parked up until they opened at 8am & left it with them. I've just had a phone call & they recon it's the TDC sensor.
£175, I can collect tomorrow. (so I'll be using the CBR for work tonight)

I suspected it may have been dirty fuel which would have been a bummer 'cos I'd just topped up & would have had to bin 50 litres.

Thanks for looking & I hope this thread goes some way to help others.

Phil.

 

[Chris Mac]

mine does it when i get below a quarter tank

had the tdc sensor off last week and cleaned it, seems to be perfect

 

[panzerphil]

I wouldn't have even known where to start looking.

Duff sensor diagnosed & new sensor fitted £148.76