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- CG Captiva 5 Series 2
More Captiva problems.
Our 3.2 petrol Captiva starts easily and runs smoothly - about what you would expect this type of vehicle to run like.
Until....you refuel it. Every time I refill the tank, the damned thing refuses to start first go. It cranks over for a few seconds, then finally starts to run but at a very low speed. This goes on for about five seconds then it will slowly accelerate to normal idle speed. Using the accelerator to bring the idle up to normal speed does nothing.
I suspect it's something to do with the fuel pump, which is probably one of those damned in-tank things. There is no in-line fuel filter so a blockage there is out of the question.
I'm trying to work out what happens when the tank is refilled. The only things I can think of occurring is that the fuel is colder than the interior of the tank and the pump, and the drop in temperature somehow affects the pump, or the agitation of the incoming fuel is affecting the pick-up strainer or the pump somehow.
Electronic parts for this thing are pretty expensive and I sure don't want to start dropping the tank to replace the pump without being certain that's the problem. I don't have any workshop manual as it's one of those cars that you have to obtain the genuine factory CD for and it's also expensive, so the process involved in tank removal etc, is an unknown at this stage.
Any suggestions?
Our 3.2 petrol Captiva starts easily and runs smoothly - about what you would expect this type of vehicle to run like.
Until....you refuel it. Every time I refill the tank, the damned thing refuses to start first go. It cranks over for a few seconds, then finally starts to run but at a very low speed. This goes on for about five seconds then it will slowly accelerate to normal idle speed. Using the accelerator to bring the idle up to normal speed does nothing.
I suspect it's something to do with the fuel pump, which is probably one of those damned in-tank things. There is no in-line fuel filter so a blockage there is out of the question.
I'm trying to work out what happens when the tank is refilled. The only things I can think of occurring is that the fuel is colder than the interior of the tank and the pump, and the drop in temperature somehow affects the pump, or the agitation of the incoming fuel is affecting the pick-up strainer or the pump somehow.
Electronic parts for this thing are pretty expensive and I sure don't want to start dropping the tank to replace the pump without being certain that's the problem. I don't have any workshop manual as it's one of those cars that you have to obtain the genuine factory CD for and it's also expensive, so the process involved in tank removal etc, is an unknown at this stage.
Any suggestions?