12-31-2012, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Posts: 4,373
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Originally Posted by Jooseppi Luna
Are you following the cold-start procedure in the owner's manual? The manual for my '84 says that one should run the glow plugs once, then floor the accelerator, start the car (do not quit running starter until the motor is firing regularly), and then ease off the accelerator slowly. Check your manual -- I don't know if the procedure i different for a naturally-aspirated OM617.
Sorry if I sound like I'm treating you like an idiot, but I would never have thought of this myself -- I am also a new diesel owner.
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...not that this is your only, even main, problem. That thing should absolutely start below 50 F without any special tricks.
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