Trouble Starting
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 01:09
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Nat
Hi,
I have a 75 series with a 1HZ. Just recently it has been getting harder to start after sitting all night. It seems like it is having to pump the diesel through the lines. I was wondering if this could have anything to do with the Fuel Cut Solenoid. I have a manual but it does not say what role this Solenoid plays, does it stop the diesel from running out of the lines back into the tank or what??
Thanks in advance
Reply By: Member - Chris - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 09:17
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 09:17
Mate, I found the that this problem can sometimes be a poor battery. Why????? dunno really and have never bothered to investigate. But charging the battery 'out of the car' then putting in again - off it goes like a charm.Chris
<- 1996 Troopy, the best!
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Follow Up By: Nat - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:00
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:00
I have had both batteries checked by battery world as I also thought this could be a problem and they said they were both perfect
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Reply By: Member - Topcat - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:28
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:28
Nat, the fuel solenoid valve shuts the fuel off when the ignition is turned off to stop the engine from running. It energizes to the open position when the ignition is turned on.
Check the condition of your glow plugs to see that they are all working. You can do this by doing a continuity
check with a multimeter by
disconnecting the plug leads & checking the resistance to earth of each
plug (if there is little or no resistance read then the plug is open circuited & not working) or get your local auto electrician to
check them. Sometimes when not all the glow plugs are working (especially when the engine is cold) the engine is harder to start. Hope this helps.Have Wheels Will Travel
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Follow Up By: Nat - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:41
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:41
Thanks, I will give this a go
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Follow Up By: David W - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:04
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:04
We had a similar problem on an HJ47 with a 2H motor.
Check your glow plug heating system for corrosion, especially where the straps are bolted together ( I assume your heating system uses the same collection of metal straps bolted together). The resistance increases at the corroded joint so more heating happens there, rather than at the glow plug itself. Hence the glow plug indicator light does all the right things, but the glow plugs stay cool and the engine is hard to start.
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Reply By: duncs - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:52
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:52
Does it blow heaps of smoke when it does start?
If not ist could be the fuel draining if it does maybe a visit to a decent diesel fuel injection specialist for a tune up. I had a similar problem with a td42 nissan. Turned out to be a combination of all the things mentioned above.
Duncs
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Reply By: Peter - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 13:14
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 13:14
had same prob with diesel hilux last year, was the glow plugs. they had done 306,000km.
cheers Peter
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Reply By: Eric - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 22:13
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2003 at 22:13
Nat.
Could
well be the glow plugs as mentioned but the other cause is dirty injectors. If you take one out and clean it then if it starts up on one pot you will now the problem. To clean the injector you screw the tip of and polish the pin and the
seat with very fine emery paper and then wash the parts to get rid of all the abrasive grit. Eric
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