Help urgently please td42t

[NotTortoise]

1999 GU Manual Wagon TD42T
Just did all my filters, switched car on and now wont turn off

Any way to manipulate the fuel solenoid manually?

[NotTortoise]

- Thought it was my turbo timer, disconnected it all and car is till running

- Thought it might be the wires under the fuel filter, they look fine and are connected, should i try and spike these somehow?

- Tried to rev and try the brakes as found elsewhere on the forum, still running

- Can i crimp a fuel line to turn the car off?

[NotTortoise]

also, my sub tank light is on which i have never seen before

sorry for the rush

[missingdna]

Drop the clutch in high gear with foot on brake to stall the motor....
that will stop it but wont fix the problem.

[NotTortoise]

Thanks mate, amazing how much a thing like this can make you overlook the simplest of solutions. now to approach this with a clear head and about an hour of no power to the car.

I did notice that once i had stalled the car that the car was remaining in the ignition on position, so i'm thinking maybe a faulty ignition switch?

[Yendor]

Sounds like a shut down timer problem. Do you still have it disconnected?

Could be a faulty ignition relay. Try swapping the ignition relay (it's above the fuse box inside the vehicle, bottom left one) with another relay of the same colour.

[NotTortoise]

Thanks Yendor, I will try that now, pulled the ignition switch off and it seems to be functioning well. Nice distinct and crisp clicks in all positions.

[NotTortoise]

20140913_171945.jpg Do you mean one of these? I doesn't tell me what they are on the fuse box cover

[Yendor]

Yes, the bottom left blue one is ignition. Swap it with the middle one....interior fan

[NotTortoise]

My hero. It fills me with a warm fuzzy feeling when I think about how much help I have received from the members on this site. I am a long way from your typical civilization that I, and I bet most of us, grew up with. It is a 600km drive to my nearest Supercheap or mechanic (except emergency council workshops) or fast food chain. It can be a very stressful situation having an auto problem out here.

We did our research and got the most robust wheels we could afford before coming out here and I have been doing oil and oil and air filters with a tyre rotation every 5,000km with a fuel filter every 10,000km. As hard as I try, intermittent problems still come up and without you guys and girls I just don't know where we'd be.

A big thanks to you all and I hope that one day I can help some of you in return.

Cam