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Renault Kangoo 1.6 2007 - Mobility conversion stalls after fuelling - Fixed #

Posted by Shaun Dale on July 4, 2016, 11:05 am

Year of Manufacture *: 2007 (57)
( Optional ) Engine Code or CC: 1600

Time to get your thinking caps on for this one.
The car has a wheelchair conversion and as a result a non-standard fuel tank. After the vehicle is refuelled it will stall and run poorly for some time. I pulled the carbon canister purge pipe from the manifold and found liquid fuel here. Plugged the manifold orifice and the engine started after a few seconds and ran fine.
I'v not been underneath yet but I suspect that the vent pipe is maybe too low in the tank allowing the carbon canister to be swamped with fuel.
how is this problem prevented with a conventional tank system. Is there normally any sort of baffle inside the tank perhaps?
I was wondering if I could fit some sort of interceptor to catch the liquid fuel, perhaps a small container with the pipe to the tank in the bottom and the pipe to the canister out of the top.
It is a problem the car has always suffered from apparently.
Shaun.

Re: Renault Kangoo Mobility conversion stalls after fuelling

Posted by Ian Baxter <iframe src='https://members4.boardhost.com/ukautotalk/info/user=UKAT1560' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 4, 2016, 4:01 pm, in reply to "Renault Kangoo Mobility conversion stalls after fuelling"
Ian Baxter

Hello Shaun,
No fix

But
Do you know who carried out the convertion ?
They may have had this before and now the vehicle is 9 years old may have modification.

Ian.

Re: Renault Kangoo Mobility conversion stalls after fuelling

Posted by Shaun Dale <iframe src='https://members4.boardhost.com/ukautotalk/info/user=UKAT2719' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 4, 2016, 6:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Renault Kangoo Mobility conversion stalls after fuelling"
Shaun Dale

Hi Ian,
I thought to contact them, it has Constables Mobility on it, converter or dealer, I don't know yet.
one other possibility that springs to mind is that the carbon canister valve may be stuck open although I doubt that even if it was I would get petrol to the manifold pipe. Never got any more time to look at it today though.
Shaun.

Fixed #

Posted by Shaun Dale on July 8, 2016, 2:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Renault Kangoo Mobility conversion stalls after fuelling"
Edited by board administrator July 12, 2016, 12:54 pm

Constables Mobility no longer trading apparently.
Inspection of the tank showed that it appeared to have a standard fuel pump cartridge in it.
I went back to the carbon canister and checked the solenoid valve which was found to be open all the time! I fitted a new canister/valve and the engine runs fine now.
I opened the valve and found what appeared to be carbon particles jamming the valve open. It also did not appear to be correctly fitted to the carbon canister with a lot of water in evidence.
The canister was quite heavy so it was either full of petrol or water or both. There is a small filter that I would think is there to prevent the carbon migrating. So faulty filter, water contamination or non-standard fuel tank causing the problem? Only time will tell.
Shaun.

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