Xj 350 cutting out
 

Guys need some help. Picked up a 2005 xj 350 diesel. Drove fine for around 200 miles. Today out of the blue simply cut out. Tried starting , plenty of turnover but not firing . Left few minutes and then started normally . Same story again after 5 min of driving.

No eml. Did come up with gearbox fault, park brake fault. These soon dissapeared also.

Checked the earth straps and they seem OK.

Help please

Possible fuel filter problem.

RESOLVED

Guys crazy as it seem it simply needed diesel!... I only bought th4 car a few days ago and it seems the last third line is the red line on this 😳.. suspect it has an issue with the fuel sender but I guess if I keep it well filled with fuel, should be fine .

drove 100 miles yesterday and perfect thank God

Suspect you may be right as you should have received a low fuel light when you get down to a more critical level.

My 2005 X-Type fuel gauge sender was constructed of a ceramic wafer with a printed resistor track on it....and when I got the fuel down to a lower level the gauge would misread.
I didn't find that out for the first couple of months of owning the car as I prefer to work out of the top of the tank for my daily driver, generally refilling before I get down to a quarter.
Upon removal I found the sender unit's ceramic substrate had cracked through and someone (probably some shonky car yard) had previously tried to repair it with some conductive paint.......like that repair would ever survive long term in a fuel environment yet alone crack through again in short order!