1.9 dw8 xsara won’t start

[Harlan]

Please if someone can help me with this. So long story short timing belt went on my xsara so I put a 2004 dw8 into it replacing the 2000 dw8 and putting the injector pump from old engine to the new one because it was suited better for my car, bla bla bla everything was fine. I had it sitting up then for like 7 months respraying it and since then it was very hard to start. Then after some time driving it maybe about 2 months of just once a week or twice a week. I was driving home from my girls house and I gave it welly on a nice straight road, I then slowed down and the engine suddenly became really clattery and loud, the accelerator pedal starting becoming really light at certain rpm and vibration a lot. It kind of felt like you’ve just burst a brake pipe and your brake pedal has gone plungy and just drops. If that makes any sense. I got it home anyway and i decided to give the engine its original injection pump back and I swapped the fuel shut off solenoid under that armoured housing. Then it would not start at all at all. So I put the old pump back in and as I look at the injector unions 1 putting out nice pulses, 2 not great at all, 3 nice pulses, 4 nice pulses. Also to mention before I did this pump swap I cracked injectors with engine running and all of then made the engine shut off straight away. I’m completely puzzled and I don’t know what to do. This car means the world to me if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Harlan

[Sloppysod]

You really need to have a diagnostic session as you have a lot of issues, it could be a simple fix but without proper fault codes you could at it for months.