2004 td5 has a problem starting usually takes about 3 turns of the key air getting in the system somwhere?
been into the auto electrician and also had full service but could not find the fault .once it starts it runs perfect if stopped for 5mins it still takes about 3 turns to start it again. At one stage it went ok for about 3 weeks but then went back to not starting.any suggestions needed cheers
Struggling to start then running fine suggests something specific to starting, so assuming that the "td5" means it's a diesel, get the glow plugs checked. They do degrade with with age. That was the problem with a diesel I have.
(I am assuming that it turns over vigorously on the starter, otherwise look at starter motor and/or battery.)
Talk soon,
Joe Beaven
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bramble43 Says:
just turn the key until it starts, turning it for 5 seconds and then stopping before trying again does it no good at all, let it turn over for 20 seconds+ before giving up.
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Posted on January 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am
jason c Says:
If there was an air leak I would suspect that the engine would not pull very well. Possibly there is a problem with the injector "O" rings, if these are perished difficult starting can happen. The other thing to check is fuel pressure from the pump during start up, if the pump is a little worn out it will take some time to get up to pressure.
Ja.
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Posted on January 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am
RickRandom Says:
Struggling to start then running fine suggests something specific to starting, so assuming that the "td5" means it's a diesel, get the glow plugs checked. They do degrade with with age. That was the problem with a diesel I have.
(I am assuming that it turns over vigorously on the starter, otherwise look at starter motor and/or battery.)
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Posted on January 20th, 2009 at 11:32 am