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Poor starting in cold weather?
The Surf is getting much harder to start now it's getting colder - I've been reading through some older posts and found 3 things about which I have some questions -
1. some people seem to suggest switching on and off 2 or 3 times and waiting for the beep each time to warm the plugs nicely - does this actually do anything extra beyond the first time?
2. When I replaced the head I noticed that the fuel-primer handpump took ages to do anything - can this be the cause of poor cold starting?
3. If I swap the fuel filter and pump head, to bleed it do I just slacken the injector pipes, pump until diesel appears, tighten up and start it up?
and finally 4. How can I check if the glo-plugs are shot? They were new from Milners perhaps 1 to 1.5 years ago.
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James
1. some people seem to suggest switching on and off 2 or 3 times and waiting for the beep each time to warm the plugs nicely - does this actually do anything extra beyond the first time?
2. When I replaced the head I noticed that the fuel-primer handpump took ages to do anything - can this be the cause of poor cold starting?
3. If I swap the fuel filter and pump head, to bleed it do I just slacken the injector pipes, pump until diesel appears, tighten up and start it up?
and finally 4. How can I check if the glo-plugs are shot? They were new from Milners perhaps 1 to 1.5 years ago.
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James
) but id have thought that if you had this for a while it shouldnt matter as it would do it in the warm weather too.its possible the system is drawing air back in from maybe an incorrectly seated fuel filter or pipe.if your changing the fuel filter i always fill my new filter up with clean diesel,whack it on and i remove the output pipe from the filter housing and then give it a few pumps(
)till the diesel comes out. if youve got air further into the system just opening the injectors and operating the primer pump WONT WORK.first you get air out of the filter housing then undo one injector at a time then turn over like buggery for ages till fuel comes out. repeat this per injector and after a while you should start her up ok. i have flattened a battery doing this so its wise to have a doner (not kebab) battery or a motor nearby with jump leads!! good luck
waiting for it
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