Yet Another Epic Fail For The Aa

[fil4362]

Heres two pictures they are from a Ford Focus 1600 duro tdci. Guess the reason why the car wouldnt start

and the close up

[steve2006]

Judging by the condition of the cam belt and the fact it seems to have eaten the cover me thinks the timing could be some what out.

[fil4362]

Great spot steve, open bonnet see damage, assume timing belt fail. The AA guy was cracking of injector feed pipes checking for fuel pressure when he didnt find any he started to bang the fuel tank "to get the fuel pump working" he eventually towed it to my garage after diagnosing a fuel pump fault. I diagnosed a timing belt fault after flicking the key and listening to a total lack of compression. The customer told me the AA man had been turning it over for ages so one quick flick from me wasnt going to damage it any more.

The real error is the fuel pump isnt even in the tank so god knows why the AA man was banging on it. Also the direct injection engines have a fuel pressure sensor in the fuel rail if theres no pressure on cranking the fuel system is shut down as the system presumes theres a leak, opening an injector feed pipe will create a leak and shut down the fuel system anyway.