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03 1.5 diesel clio

Renault clio 1.5 diesel 03 reg, starting problems, I had the battery tested and it seems to be fine, I took the crank sensor out cleaning all of that as well as the egr valve the filters and turbo, still not running, its had 4 brand new glow plugs, it bump starts alright eventually and sometimes jumping it off another battery, but its still not firing up properly any ideas please

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  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    It's a diesel, could be LOADS of things.

    If you don't know what you're doing go to a garage as replacing and trying to 'fix' parts blindly isn't the way forward!

    My guess would be fuel pressure related if it bump starts 'sometimes' but even then that doesn't narrow it down much!

    We can't diagnose it ! Call breakdown recovery or something or tow to a garage to have it looked at by somebody who knows what they are doing
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 33,048 Forumite
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    Had the battery tested and it seems fine? It either tested as all good or adequate or poor or useless.

    Get a proper diagnostic on the car.
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  • lee678
    lee678 Posts: 115 Forumite
    you dont " clean" crank sensors, and bump starting is the easiest way to strain the cambelt
  • Got to be a diagnostic test, we would be guessing.
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