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« on: October 11, 2004, 11:38:55 »
Now that the weaher is getting colder in the mornings, I am having trouble starting my LR90. It has new plugs and starter but I have to leave the plugs to warm for at least a minute and then it takes about 10 to 15 seconds turning over before it fires up. Once it is warm it starts straight away.

I have put this down to the fact that the engine is old (D Reg) but is there anything else I can do to improve the cold starting.

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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2004, 14:16:11 »
I used to pre heat my 2.5diesel turbo for some 25 secs when cold - it would then fire up within a couple of turns.

try that


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« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2004, 14:16:14 »
You could invest in an engine pre-heater. Deisel powered.
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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2004, 18:36:43 »
My 2.5 has done 120,000mls and takes only 10 seconds of heat, and starts after 2 or 3 turns. My mate had a similar problem with his series 3 and it turned out to be a bad earth on the battery. Mind you i do use an OPTIMA YELLOW TOP battery. Well worth the money. 5 years old now and still going strong.
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2004, 16:47:09 »
sounds like you either need a new set of heater plugs  if that dont work your injectors need cleaning
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2004, 10:08:05 »
There's a very similar thread going on here

New heater plugs are fairly straightforward to fit, and pretty cheap.

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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2004, 11:37:09 »
anthoer thing dose it sound  nocky  when it starts then goes away afther a couple of mins ????
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2004, 13:12:21 »
That's the cold starting... The cylinders are taking some time to warm up as the pre-warm isn't being totally effective...

A similar thing happens every time you start up a TD5 - 5 cylinders, but only 4 glow plugs. Takes a little while to warm up...

It's worth sorting out some new glow plugs now before the winter comes and you're totally unable to start her...

Try here, part number ERC8450 about half way down the page...

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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2004, 18:47:49 »
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