Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: dawlishstone on October 11, 2004, 11:38:55
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Now that the weaher is getting colder in the mornings, I am having trouble starting my LR90. It has new plugs and starter but I have to leave the plugs to warm for at least a minute and then it takes about 10 to 15 seconds turning over before it fires up. Once it is warm it starts straight away.
I have put this down to the fact that the engine is old (D Reg) but is there anything else I can do to improve the cold starting.
Thanks
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I used to pre heat my 2.5diesel turbo for some 25 secs when cold - it would then fire up within a couple of turns.
try that
Dave
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You could invest in an engine pre-heater. Deisel powered.
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My 2.5 has done 120,000mls and takes only 10 seconds of heat, and starts after 2 or 3 turns. My mate had a similar problem with his series 3 and it turned out to be a bad earth on the battery. Mind you i do use an OPTIMA YELLOW TOP battery. Well worth the money. 5 years old now and still going strong.
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sounds like you either need a new set of heater plugs if that dont work your injectors need cleaning
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There's a very similar thread going on here (http://threads.lro.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=defender&Number=504337&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5)
New heater plugs are fairly straightforward to fit, and pretty cheap.
Cheers
Ben
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anthoer thing dose it sound nocky when it starts then goes away afther a couple of mins ????
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That's the cold starting... The cylinders are taking some time to warm up as the pre-warm isn't being totally effective...
A similar thing happens every time you start up a TD5 - 5 cylinders, but only 4 glow plugs. Takes a little while to warm up...
It's worth sorting out some new glow plugs now before the winter comes and you're totally unable to start her...
Try here (http://www.paddockspares.com/shop/pages/defender/2.5d_engine.htm.html), part number ERC8450 about half way down the page...
Cheers
Ben
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Slightly cheaper from Mansfield....
http://www.mansfieldmotorsltd.co.uk/shop/en/browse/Defender+90/6/0/2/4/396