I must once again pick the brains of this most educated forum
the truck in question is a 3.0lt TD SSRX N reg with 66,000 on the clock.
ok lads truck has been running fine but noticed over a period of a few days it was taking longer to turn over and it was not cold either so should not be a factor. Then 2 days ago it took ages to turn over giving off loads of smoke and the idle went down to about 550 revs and was stuttering like it was going to cut out, which it did then took ages to start again. By ages I mean about 15 to 20 seconds.
I managed to drive it home although it was dodgy whenever I slowed down as it started to stutter and look to cut out again.
Now it turns over for ages and wont start at all. I had a mate look at it he checked to see if diesal was leaking and that it was getting to the engine etc through injectors and all seemed fine.
Based on reading I suspect possible glow plug problem as the smoke and low idle speed issues seem to point to this. Does anyone have any advice or thoughts on this ?
I have checked so far ( thanks Richard ) the glow plug relay its clicking ok fuse ok, the injectors spraying ok, fuel filter all tight no leaks. No hissing from fuel cap on open.
I have ordered new glow plugs from roughtrax as I have had the truck 3 years and dont think they were done prior to me getting it either so it wont do any harm and hopefully it will help.
Currently as of tonight the truck is starting after very lengthy turnover and pushing the accelerator pedal hard but it wobbles about on 500 rpm tickover barely staying running and I cannot put it into drive or reverse as it just cuts out altogether then.
Any thoughts / suggestions in the meantime ?
the truck in question is a 3.0lt TD SSRX N reg with 66,000 on the clock.
ok lads truck has been running fine but noticed over a period of a few days it was taking longer to turn over and it was not cold either so should not be a factor. Then 2 days ago it took ages to turn over giving off loads of smoke and the idle went down to about 550 revs and was stuttering like it was going to cut out, which it did then took ages to start again. By ages I mean about 15 to 20 seconds.
I managed to drive it home although it was dodgy whenever I slowed down as it started to stutter and look to cut out again.
Now it turns over for ages and wont start at all. I had a mate look at it he checked to see if diesal was leaking and that it was getting to the engine etc through injectors and all seemed fine.
Based on reading I suspect possible glow plug problem as the smoke and low idle speed issues seem to point to this. Does anyone have any advice or thoughts on this ?
I have checked so far ( thanks Richard ) the glow plug relay its clicking ok fuse ok, the injectors spraying ok, fuel filter all tight no leaks. No hissing from fuel cap on open.
I have ordered new glow plugs from roughtrax as I have had the truck 3 years and dont think they were done prior to me getting it either so it wont do any harm and hopefully it will help.
Currently as of tonight the truck is starting after very lengthy turnover and pushing the accelerator pedal hard but it wobbles about on 500 rpm tickover barely staying running and I cannot put it into drive or reverse as it just cuts out altogether then.
Any thoughts / suggestions in the meantime ?
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