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No Glow.... poor cold starting
Ja1983:
The exact conclusion i came to at dinnertime today, will see how it goes tommorrow morning!
anymore oddities like this i should know about? Very odd technology on these motors!! :lol:
Litch:
I'm getting the impression you aren't pre-heating before turning the motor.
You need to hold the key in the pre-heat position for the time I said in my previous post before turning the engine and I don't think you are doing this.
You should have two sprung positions on your ignition switch, the first one brings the glow-plugs in (and lights the dash-light) and the second one turns the engine, you have to hold the key in the first position before turning it all the way around to the start position.
It is of course possible that someone has fitted a petrol ignition switch without the pre-heat position, is this the case?
By the way, if you buy an owners handbook (about £12 brand new) all will be explained.
davidlandy:
on my old TD it needed 20-25 seconds when cold to get it to start
It would never start on 10 seconds or so.
Litch:
20-25 seconds!
I take it the battery was in good condition and the glow-plugs were functioning correctly? When my 2.5NA D started wanting up to 20-seconds in winter I replaced the glow-plugs and that cured the problem.
dew1911:
20 seconds is a lot, mine will fire in 10 95% of the time.
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