cdti not going

**dovsam** · 18th September 2008, 21:58

hi looking for help my vectra has decided to stop running. goes with a tow but has no power. to start with when it was losing power if you accellerated hard it would cut out and after about ten mins of constantly turning it over it spring to life again. now it wont start off key. iv tryd fuel system which seems to be ok tryd cleanid injectors, no joy took cat oo still nothing and opened fuel filler incase pump breather pipes blocked still nothing tho. im thinking maybe electrical. has anyone had same problem or does vx know about this. please help. ps new to site so if did anything wrong posting this am pleading ignorance lol. but i do apologise if i have.

**bobssignum** · 19th September 2008, 05:51

Ok mate firstly what engine have you got IE petrol /diesel 2.0 ,1.9 etc

**Big Sig** · 19th September 2008, 06:03

Looking at his profile it looks like a 1.9 120 cdti.

Do you have the engine management lights on?

**m8internet** · 19th September 2008, 08:27

So if someone dives you a tow, it will run
Equally, if the car does actually run and you apply power it switched off

I certainly wouldn't be turning the engine over for as long as 10 minutes
Perhaps a dozen times at the most

How about a seized butterfly valve, that seems to be becoming the fault of the month now!

**dovsam** · 19th September 2008, 12:19

yes its 1.9 cdti i have the car with spanner lite coming on but just havnt reset it from doing the filter. wen it goes,if you give it sharp acceleration it just dies, wont go trying to bump in gear after it does this but wen you stop and giv it a tow it goes in half the length of itself. wen you have power its reaky wen thers no power its not. wots the butterfly valve? cheers guys for answering

**dovsam** · 19th September 2008, 13:16

been looking at other posts and saw few comments about , is it a dpf valve, wot is it?

**dovsam** · 19th September 2008, 14:12

aaaargh i wana burn my car

**Big Sig** · 19th September 2008, 14:20

Get the codes read. Makes it easier than guessing what could be wrong.

**dovsam** · 19th September 2008, 14:37

by that vi take it you mean plug her into diagnostics?

**Big Sig** · 19th September 2008, 14:46

Yes, the VX garage will charge about £30 to read the fault codes - or if your a member of the AA they can do it too, just tell them you have broken and they will come out. The codes will be fairly specific to the actual problem and if read correctly then will really help to sort your problem out.