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Gonna try these suggestions as soon as possible, although I think the next few days will be full of snow activities! Thanks for diagrams ?? Really appreciate all the suggestions so far.... Keeping me sane! Will let you know how it goes.

So, had Cambelt definitely fine. Can't find location of fuel shut off solenoid.... Easy start, well with a helpful friend, we got it going on easy start as long as we sprayed it into the air intake it would start and run but as soon as we stopped spraying it died....so it does suggest fuel I guess. But I've never run it dry and it has over half a tank in right now! Gonna have lunch and try again....

Think so...turns over fine and then makes a dodgy whiny noise and cuts out. So pretty sure its after the starter motor that the problem starts.

Yep, it did get to the battery at one point, but I've charged it and put it back on. No luck on the bump start. Haven't tried this, makes a lot of sense, good call. Will check this tomorrow....Thank you!

Yes timing belt is fine.

So in the tradition of a newbie, I'm here for help please! This is my 2nd Lupo SDi, the first had done over 250k so I know they should go on forever, which is making this problem even more frustrating! So 1.7 SDi went to start one morning a few weeks ago and it turned over but immediately cut out with a whiny/grindy noise. And has done the same thing every time I've tried to start it since. There is plenty of diesel in it so it isn't fuel starvation. Battery is turning it over. I'm all out of ideas, any suggestions? Could pop it in the garage as a last resort, but I wanted to pick your brains first...any ideas?