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Henry Webster:
I am assuming it is a Tdi?!

You could try giving it a number of doses of pre-heat.  And/or check that the glow plugs are working properly.

Mine (200Tdi) starts almost instantly whatever the weather, but when it is really cold I might give it 2 or 3 doses of heat.

H

gords:

--- Quote from: "Henry Webster" ---You could try giving it a number of doses of pre-heat.
--- End quote ---

Eh? :?

How do you check the glow plugs are working?

NeilWilson:
Or fit a pre-heater. My webasto takes 20-30mins to warm the engine up & as a bonus defrosts all the windows.  Wake up, press button on remote control and by the time I get outside it is nice & toasty warm.  Cheers.

Neil

beast5680:

--- Quote from: "gords" ---
--- Quote from: "Henry Webster" ---You could try giving it a number of doses of pre-heat.
--- End quote ---

Eh? :?

How do you check the glow plugs are working?
--- End quote ---


take it out and hold it then get someone to switch on ign and see if it gets heavy :lol:

seriously though you can put a multimeter on to check them but usually if even one goes down it will be an utter pig to start

my 200 always started on the first turn far better than the 300 i have now

sulley:
Cheers Gents.

It's a 200Tdi.  Gonna be pretty busy the next few (read 32) weeks so will have it checked out at it's service in Jan.

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