On 06/12/2010 20:09, R C Nesbit wrote:
> Catman spoke:
>>> First time it wouldn't start I called out Green Flag, and
>>> the chap put a tester across the battery engine off>12v,
>>> engine running>14v, so battery and alternator were
>>> declared sound.
>>>
>>
>> Was this a *load* tester, or just a meter?
>
> Just a meter.
>
>> If it was a load tester, I'd reckon fault glow plug.
>>
>>> New battery time?
>>
>> If it was a straight voltmeter, then this.
>>
>>> Something amiss in the ECU or sensors?
>>
>> Fix the cheap stuff first
>
> Define 'cheap' - batteries are around a ton.

Much cheaper than an ECU

How much are a set of plugs, these days?

>
> After a week it is consistent that with the battery hooked up
> to the pikey-but-excellent Aldi electronic charger, it starts
> after several cranking sessions with a fully charged battery,
> so ref. Z's comments about compression building up heat, I
> strongly suspect the glow plugs are fubar - however I am
> *not* going to freeze my fingers off in this weather
> scrambling around under the bonnet to replace them.
>
> I will wait until the weather warms up next week (ha!) and
> then forget about it because it will probably start OK in +C
> temps

Sounds like a plan. Is it cranking at decent speed?



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