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PERKINS PROBLEMS

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way2deep:
my friend has bought a perkins3.9 powered rangie that won't start when cold..it only turns over for a couple of seconds and the battery dies.question is do these engines need two batteries to fire them up or do they need a high cranking battery.starts fine once warmed up.unfortunately he bought it while it was hot so we did not know it had this problem..

hobbit:
First off get the battery checked out, see if its up to the job, no downed cells and strong enough

Check the glow plug circuit is working (if fitted?), and pull out and check the glow plugs themselves

If the starter works ok when warm, more than likely its ok

IF you have another vehicle there try putting jump leads on it and seeing what happens

johnniep:
i got a 6.3 perkins straight 6 in a rangie classic and it used to startfine then the starter died and needed servicin and then after that its been fine, does smoke a bit on startup in the cold but does start sweet as anut,but does run quite a big battery but not huge,
j.p :twisted:

Miniman:
My perkins starts off one battery. The Pre heater is on the manifold of my engine. I is supposed to glow a wire in the manifold whilst it is being cranked. The fuel line which goes to this drops a small drip of fuel on the wire which I have been told then causes a small explosion which is sucked into th engine.....Not sure about this method myself.

I personaly think it does this but its not a explision I think it sucks the vapor which is cause buy the fuel hitting the hot wire which is then sucked in and makes a better combustion. My engine will NOT start without this connected. My battery is not huge its a old Renault Van battery off a renault traffic 2.5 diesel.

gtomo2:
got a perkins 3ktr in mine and i use twin batterys not big ones just normal car batterys if the glow plugs are coming on the same time as you turn the engine over it will kill the batterys pritty quick. I have my glow plugs on a manual button so i pre wqarm before starting up and had no problems doing it this way

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