I thought my troubles were behind me!

[Ragman]

For those of you that followed my Mexican 1000 videos and story you know that the Grenadier ended up having to be towed to Mossy Ineos in San Diego from Cabo San Lucas. I finally got it back in mid May this year (long story and video below if you want to hear the whole story). My nephew and I drove it back to Chicago from San Diego and had a great time while seeing some wonderful sites. Following that trip we took it to Northern Wisconsin for some off-road time them took it to a weekend family event in Iowa. All of that being said to say we put a fair number of miles on it and tested it in different environments for about 45 days-leading to the video below.

I thought we were golden-but sadly it is not so. Yesterday I backed the Grenadier out of the garage and it stalled in the driveway. It would not restart and acted exactly like it did in Cabo so I am under the impression that the fuel pump has been disabled again for some reason. It is currentlyl on a flatbed heading to Knauz for evaluation and repair but I am really concerned that they may fix the current issue but not get to the root cause of why it has happened. I have written to INEOS to express this and encourage them to get active with Knauz to dig deep into the cause as had this happened in the woods it would have been a much more challenging event.

I will keep you informed.

View: https://youtu.be/uGDQxFWqk9I

 

[Commodore]

For those of you that followed my Mexican 1000 videos and story you know that the Grenadier ended up having to be towed to Mossy Ineos in San Diego from Cabo San Lucas. I finally got it back in mid May this year (long story and video below if you want to hear the whole story). My nephew and I drove it back to Chicago from San Diego and had a great time while seeing some wonderful sites. Following that trip we took it to Northern Wisconsin for some off-road time them took it to a weekend family event in Iowa. All of that being said to say we put a fair number of miles on it and tested it in different environments for about 45 days-leading to the video below.

I thought we were golden-but sadly it is not so. Yesterday I backed the Grenadier out of the garage and it stalled in the driveway. It would not restart and acted exactly like it did in Cabo so I am under the impression that the fuel pump has been disabled again for some reason. It is currentlyl on a flatbed heading to Knauz for evaluation and repair but I am really concerned that they may fix the current issue but not get to the root cause of why it has happened. I have written to INEOS to express this and encourage them to get active with Knauz to dig deep into the cause as had this happened in the woods it would have been a much more challenging event.

I will keep you informed.

View: https://youtu.be/uGDQxFWqk9I

Remind me what cause the original issue in Mexico?

 

[Ragman]

Remind me what cause the original issue in Mexico?

Another truck backed into us which damaged the left front bumper and the TC cooler. We were able to field repair but the truck shut down at the finish line.

 

[Commodore]

Another truck backed into us which damaged the left front bumper and the TC cooler. We were able to field repair but the truck shut down at the finish line.

I remember that part but didn’t think it was the TC cooler that caused the engine to not restart. I thought it was likely bad fuel. What did the deal find as the cause?

 

[Ragman]

I remember that part but didn’t think it was the TC cooler that caused the engine to not restart. I thought it was likely bad fuel. What did the deal find as the cause?

Short answer is that after the final stretch which included some deep sand right before the finish line it seems the TC threw some codes that shut down the fuel pump. It was wishful thinking on my part it was fuel related. The entire experience is outlined in the video as a bit long to type out if you are interested in more color.

 

[nuclearbeef]

For those of you that followed my Mexican 1000 videos and story you know that the Grenadier ended up having to be towed to Mossy Ineos in San Diego from Cabo San Lucas. I finally got it back in mid May this year (long story and video below if you want to hear the whole story). My nephew and I drove it back to Chicago from San Diego and had a great time while seeing some wonderful sites. Following that trip we took it to Northern Wisconsin for some off-road time them took it to a weekend family event in Iowa. All of that being said to say we put a fair number of miles on it and tested it in different environments for about 45 days-leading to the video below.

I thought we were golden-but sadly it is not so. Yesterday I backed the Grenadier out of the garage and it stalled in the driveway. It would not restart and acted exactly like it did in Cabo so I am under the impression that the fuel pump has been disabled again for some reason. It is currentlyl on a flatbed heading to Knauz for evaluation and repair but I am really concerned that they may fix the current issue but not get to the root cause of why it has happened. I have written to INEOS to express this and encourage them to get active with Knauz to dig deep into the cause as had this happened in the woods it would have been a much more challenging event.

I will keep you informed.

View: https://youtu.be/uGDQxFWqk9I

Wow! That was a lot of damage to the bumper.
That metal is mighty thin on the outer front bumper. I hit a piece of 2" PVC running down a wall with the front corner of my bumper while trying to squeeze a trailer into a spot.
It bent the bumper corner inwards about 1/2" until it contacted the body below the headlight.
It did NOT crack the PVC pipe.

 

[Shopkeep]

Wow! That was a lot of damage to the bumper.
That metal is mighty thin on the outer front bumper. I hit a piece of 2" PVC running down a wall with the front corner of my bumper while trying to squeeze a trailer into a spot.
It bent the bumper corner inwards about 1/2" until it contacted the body below the headlight.
It did NOT crack the PVC pipe.

If it was a human being instead of a PVC pipe you would hope it had a bit of give in it.

 

[Ragman]

The dealer just texted me that, with the help of INEOS engineers and a lot of fuse and module checking is that the culprit is a faulty fuel pump module. A new part is on order. I am not sure if they can say why if failed and now I am wondering if the module had some intermittent issues and was the cause of the original fuel pump shutdown in Mexico. Although they determined it was a code thrown by the TC perhaps they never checked the module. Who knows but hopefully will have it back in short order.

 

[AWo]

I wonder what a fuel pump module does...
I only know about fuel pumps which are on or off.

AWo

 

[NQ94]

I wonder what a fuel pump module does...
I only know about fuel pumps which are on or off.

AWo

PWM control for fuel pressure and flow at the pump making the pump have variable fuel delivery also a single line fuel system with no fuel return is common for GDI systems

 

[AWo]

No return line? So the Diesel filter and the fuel in the tank doesn't get heated?

AWo

 

[NQ94]

No return line? So the Diesel filter and the fuel in the tank doesn't get heated?

AWo

The US delivered Grenadiers a gas, so the engine uses GDI, very similar to common rail diesel but lower pressures. Some GDI systems do not have an injector or rail spill/return line like older systems.


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