Van stalling at low speeds, and then hard to start

[andyk]

hi all
This is re a 1990 1.6TD JX. We seem to be in danger of getting stranded on holiday in Germany
Seen a couple of other threads on here with similar symptoms and wondering whether this a problem with a lack of fuel getting to the engine. Fuel filter was replaced < 5,000km ago. Both fuel lines going to the pump have a mixture of air and fuel in them (with the engine not running). Normally van starts pretty much straight away but once this issue occurs it takes a lot of turns before it splutters into life. It goes along the autobahn no issues at all, just when we're in a town that it loses power and stalls.
Any thoughts for anything I could do here with limited tools (pliers, screwdriver) to try and get to the bottom of / fix this?
Many thanks
Andy

[davidoft1]

is it running on all 4 cylinders?

[nevill3]

When my non turbo diesel intermittently started to refuse to idle and occasionally not start I found that I had a leak at the fuel injector pump seal (the one on the shaft behind the drive sprocket). This was letting air in as well as a tiny amount of fuel seeping out. The fuel was running down behind the timing cover and I mistook it at first for one of the usual oil weeps or seeps you get with these older engines.

[andyk]

is it running on all 4 cylinders?

Not sure how I'd know, but when its running ok at higher revs it sounds the same as it ever did...

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[andyk]

When my non turbo diesel intermittently started to refuse to idle and occasionally not start I found that I had a leak at the fuel injector pump seal (the one on the shaft behind the drive sprocket). This was letting air in as well as a tiny amount of fuel seeping out. The fuel was running down behind the timing cover and I mistook it at first for one of the usual oil weeps or seeps you get with these older engines.

Many thanks I'll take a look next time we start it...

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