Hi everyone - tried searching for this issue but couldn’t find.

So I was driving and decided to get gas. I had half a tank already.

so got 93 supreme, topped it off really good. Like it clicked and I still put a little more in.

Car then started perfect, I was turning out from the pump and seconds later it just stalled.

No error lights, smoke, engine issues etc. was running smooth as I was on a highway during a trip. Car has 144k miles

It turns over and sounds like it’s gonna start but does not.

Tried a Jump start just in case but nothing.

Did I fill it up too much?
Bad fuel pump all the sudden?
i see no leaks etc.

 

So it turns over but doesn't start? I'd try to get a hold of a code reader to pull any pending codes, but it sounds CPS related = no spark or fuel.
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I had the exact same thing happen to my old LR3 a year and a half ago. Turns out the gas station supplier filled the Premium tanks with Diesel on accident. Started right up and got a block away and sputtered and died. Hopefully that's not the case here but sounds awfully familiar.

 

Yeah, check for spark and fuel pump running.

Years ago, had a custumers car, mustang 2+2, he filled up, went twenty yards and then it died. Pulled fuel line to check pump, volume and pressure, and filled a quart jar with water. Pulled tank...and drained 16 gallons of water.

 

I see this is your first post here. Welcome to the forum.

If the truck starts again after the engine cools down that's a classic sign of a failed crankshaft position sensor (abbreviated CKPS, or CPS). That would have nothing to do with the fact that you just filled the gas tank. Another way to confirm it's the CKPS is to check the tachometer when you are trying to start the truck. If the starter is turning the engine over but the tach is reading 0 RPMs it's almost certainly the CKPS.

Changing the CKPS by yourself is neither expensive nor difficult. (Under $70 at your local auto parts store, or $56 with the ubiquitous Advance Auto 20% online discount). But reaching up behind the engine to disconnect the old CKPS electrical connector and then connect the new one is a royal pain.

There are many, many threads on this forum about CKPS failure and replacement. Just search for CKPS (or CPS). Plus there's information in the Land Rover Workshop Manual linked in my signature below (commonly referred to here as the RAVE).

 

It could also be a tank full of water, but lets hope not!

 

thanks and sorry that happened.

how did you diagnose and what was the end result ? How fixed etc.

how did you tell not the censor (cps).

thanks for the help.

 

I actually found out from the tow truck driver. He had mentioned this as I was talking to him while loading up my truck. I couldn't figure out what was going on and it seemed too coincidental that it happened immediately after filling up. I think there were around 20 cars that got messed up, one of which was driven straight from a dealers lot. I ended up taking a payout from their insurance and selling the truck to the shop. It needed the fuel system to be drained and cleaned, new injectors, etc.

To test this theory, I would check a couple spark plugs and see if they are wet with diesel. You could also contact the fuel station and ask them if this could have happened as well.

 

Thanks for the welcome and info.

2 days later doesn’t start.

any suggestions?

fuel pump perhaps? Is there a way to check that. Thanks.

 

Garrett,

I gave you a diagnostic test method. Try to start the truck and with the starter turning over the engine, watch the tachometer. If the tachometer does not move from zero RPMs change the CKPS. If the tachometer does move we'll take it from there. Please let us know. Good luck.