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Did you add kerosene or PowerService to the fuel? How old are the fuel filters?
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same people later on - oil change? my car has a motor? - its electric fer cryin out loud. funny bit - the oil change was free too. the EV and hybrid is confusing them.
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What type of battery do you have? CCA must be 855 or higher...
Have you upgraded your battery cables to a larger gauge? A worn out starter will also cause starts to be harder Ever clean your ground points? Trans to chassis? Again Valves adjusted? New fuel filters? Tank ever drained and cleaned?
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Have you recently check compression? Have you confirmed that the glow plugs are working? Just because they are new doesn't mean they are doing the job. Did you ream out the glow plug holes?
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Anyone figuring out how to start their car after an 8 hour work day with no plugin? Im on this boat right now with a ice cube for a car outside my building.
its only 20 degrees out right now with full sun but still no luck today. new battery on the way and an even longer extension cord to sneak a plug-in on the maintenance outlet of our buildings condensers. will have to do a valve adjustment and double check for any dead glow plugs since this is the first year i ever had startup issues in the winter after 5 years of owning the car. cheers! |
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I know my OM602 powered W124 nearly refused to start with a bad glow plug. It took like 30+ seconds of cranking. I had them replaced last winter. Now.. I can start the car.. without being plugged in...with normal glow cycle length...down to (so far) -15F.
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not sure what my problem is here.
12° no start still. i have a turbo . so i have to remove the air cleaner to see if i have a block heater port there? 1982 300d 150k new battery new GPs Lighter 5/50 oil all new filter fuel / oil |
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My solution to cold day at work is starting it at lunch
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Was it running immediately before and in use? or was any other work performed and it isnt starting after that as well? I ask because its possible the engine is airlocked if the filter was just changed, or your diesel could be gelled up ect
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20F should be easy starting. I'm not even having issues lately and right now it is TWO degrees outside.
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Odd. I replaced the glow plugs in my 87 603 over the summer and it starts the exact same whether it be 4f out or 94f out. I don't do anything extra with glow timing either.
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Can you please answer: 1 - when you replaced the fuel filters, did you fill the new spin-on (large) filter with diesel or ATF when you installed it? 2 - did you then use the hand primer pump to evacuate air from the system? 3 - assuming you used the primer pump, did it feel like you were pumping something or did it feel like it was pushing air? Did you pump until you could hear pressure escaping out the relief valve on the injection pump (a sort of farting sound)? (Some cars seem to be worse than others for getting the air out... my 300d is bad, takes up to 50 pump strokes.) 4 - the primer pump: is it the newer type with the black button, or the old white-top type that has to be unscrewed in order to pump? 5 - When you try to start, can you smell diesel coming out the tailpipe and/or is there some cloudy stuff coming out (which will be unburned diesel)? 6 - have the valves been adjusted recently (as in last 12,000 miles)? 7 - have you checked that the glowplugs are actually getting power when the dashboard light is illuminated? (Using a test light or voltage meter.) Can you hear the glow relay click on when you turn the key and the light illuminates? 8 - how does the starter sound, relative to how it sounded in warmer weather? Is it "groaning" and turning slowly? It is normal that it may be turning slower, in the cold, but it still sound like it is spinning, not lurching over (for lack of a better description). 9 - I asked before if you had added kerosene or PowerService additive to the fuel, to raise the cetane for starting (and disperse water, in the case of the PS product). 10 - the new battery: is it the correct size/group with a sufficient cold cranking amps rating (> 740 CCA)?
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It was the battery. Cranks like a beast now!
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