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110 hdi 406 est w reg.
all of a sudden just would not start and after 2o mins or so flat battery so im starting to get the hump and then i manage to get a jump from a big van and the engines turning over but still no go so thats it going to leave the pile of sh-t there and im steaming and slammed the tail gate shut and kicked the drivers door just below the mirror and tried it one more time and it started !! any ideas anyone ?

Do you know if your electric fuel pump is working
Pump can be intermitently faulty as Steve suggests.
Second possibility - my previous HDi Citreon died, then recovered several times before stopping altogether.
Eventually found no power to pump, connected directly to battery to test - started 1st time.
Fuses Ok, swapped relay - still the same.
Never got to root cause, but proved 2 sections of loom which should have been connected weren't, so joined them.
No problems in following 2 years.

THE PUMP is working now and i am not spending any money on it if it does it again which it has not after many starts n stops tonight,
SO ANYONE WANT TO BUY IT ?
W REG HDI 110 LX EST.
9 MONTHS MOT TAX FEB 09
SILVER 150K
OFFERS AROUND 800

irunmineonred wrote:THE PUMP is working now and i am not spending any money on it if it does it again which it has not after many starts n stops tonight,
SO ANYONE WANT TO BUY IT ?
W REG HDI 110 LX EST.
9 MONTHS MOT TAX FEB 09
SILVER 150K
DENT IN DRIVER'S DOOR JUST BELOW THE MIRROR
OFFERS AROUND 800

irunmineonred wrote:the pile of sh-t

It sounds so appealing mate!

didnt dent the door and reason for calling pile of sh1t is iv always been a renault laguna man and i know they are both french but renault are better qaulity.

irunmineonred wrote:...renault are better quality.

That's the first time I've ever heard anyone say that!

irunmineonred wrote:iv always been a renault laguna man and i know they are both french but renault are better qaulity.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/renault/ Then check out Lagunas

Parker's wrote:...reliability problems...Countless issues with dependability...Patchy build quality...

Honest John wrote:Laguna 2: Plagued by wide-ranging problems with the electrics, mechanicals and build quality.

It's a shame really, they used to make some good cars.

My mate had a 02 plate Laguna estate, went on holiday in 2006 and when he came back his front driver side shock absorber spring had snapped whilst being parked.

He also had to spend £2000 in other bits to keep it going.

Now that sounds like quality to me.

poddack wrote:My mate had a 02 plate Laguna estate, went on holiday in 2006 and when he came back his front driver side shock absorber spring had snapped whilst being parked.

That would never happen on a 406...

Don't forget all that Diesel-less cranking over will not do the HP pump any good

Recently we had a spate of snapped springs, maybe it's LP pump time now

My Mk.1 Laguna had worse build quality than a toy car that came from a Kinder Surprise.

I'd say thats been pretty well slammed

Gave me a kick