No problem until I pulled into a garage near home to refuel. I had to wait a couple of minutes to get onto a pump, was sat in Auto1, when the engine started to labour and shake the vehicle. The gearlever was non-responsive, couldn't get into neutral so I stopped the engine. This cleared the fault. Nov 21, 2010. #3. At first the auto electrician thought it might be an alternator problems, but having put on a different alternator, this is not the problem. This same problem is also having an affect with the lights on dip beam, in that when the wipers work the dip beam does not. When the engine is running the lights work. 2005 ducato. immobiliser light comes on and kills the system. Reset is only after removing to 7.5 fuses. This will allow the van to start and last for about 4 starts. Any suggestions welcome. Both keys affected. I have a 1996 fiat ducato 2.5TDi based motorhome & cannot start it due to an immobiliser problem. hi mate have you tried jumping the starter.get ur self a decent size bit of cable with ignition on and out of gear- try touching the small soleniod cable terminal connection to the main cable coming from the battery with the bit of cable.if turns over then you know the solenoid is ok.its a bit of a trick ive used a few times.is the relay def ok.wen it pulls in are you getting voltage wen the 16. Apr 22, 2016. #1. The van is a 2010 Ducato X250 2.3l 120 multijet. Recently it has developed the following fault. When cold, it won't rev above about 2000 rpm and has a major hiccup around 1500 rpm. If I start it and leave it idling for a few minutes, it is drivable, but still far from perfect. But driving straight away after starting from . TillyTours replied on 26/09/2018 11:50. I have a 4 year old ducato based motorhome. the engine won't turn over at all, nothing. Also no clicking and no sound. After 1-2 hours, when the engine cools down (not ideal at a pertrol station) it then starts with no problem first time. Has anybody else come across this. I have a 4 year old ducato based motorhome. Occasionally the engine when hot won't start, all the lights come on, there is no dip in the lights, the engine won't turn over at all, nothing. Also no clicking and no sound. After 1-2 hours, when the engine cools down (not ideal at a pertrol station) Deleted34567. Remove the energising wire from solenoid, power it with +12ve and see if it cranks (make sure it's out of gear).. If not then a starter motor/solenoid fault or earth or main power cable problem. Voltmeter from battery positive and starter motor main feed and again should be less than 1 volt on crank. Dec 19, 2014. #1. My 07 3.0 is having problems starting when warm. It is slowly getting worse. Most times starting cold it fires first time but when warm it often coughs and splutters and takes several attempts to start. I had an issue with 2 glow plugs snapped in head and I thought this was the problem so I had these removed and replaced but This works by fitting a standard 5 pin automotive relay in the cable supplying the starter pre-engager solenoid. The relay is then switched between open and closed by the tracker. This means of course I need to locate this cable. Easy enough perhaps at the solenoid end but I need to tap into it higher up inside the beast (engine compartment of

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