July 2019
For over a year now I have had trouble with my vauxhall, as it won’t start from a ‘cold start’.
The only way I can guarantee a start is; by spraying the tiniest amount of easy start direct into the air filter, however this is a last resort.
I have tried several things, a fuel filter change (which did sort the problem for a few months), glow plugs changed. I am now being told it may be a ‘fuel pump’ issue, however this is a pricey problem to have & can’t guarantee it will resolve this issue.
Any input will be greatly appreciated,
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Hello!
Every day, the first start of the day, is a long and horrible one. My car cranks but won’t start, for at least a minute, then it eventually goes after a bit of persistence. After this, the car starts fine all day. It’s really becoming quite annoying now, I just want to have this problem resolved!
I’m no mechanic, so I’ve been trying to do things myself with a little help from the internet. This is what I’ve tried so far.
I’ve had it plugged in to the computer and nothing comes up.
I’ve changed the fuel pump relay.
I’ve changed all 4 glow plugs.
Had a new coolant temperature sensor on it.
Serviced with new fuel filter.
I’ve put some diesel cleaner additives through a full tank.
Has anyone had anything the same? It’s odd how once it’s started once, that it’s fine for the remainder of the day, until the next day where it starts all over again.
Any help/input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading
Mike.
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Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately due to work, I’m unable to check out any of these methods! Will be sure to do it as soon as I can though! Thanks again for the help. Will send an update, as and when.
Gentle acceleration and braking causes less brake dust, tyre debris, tailpipe emissions, noise pollution and road wear. It also results in less fuel and maintenance costs for the motorist. We all know that fast acceleration makes little difference to most journey times.
With tongue in cheek, I suggest that maybe we should stop enjoying the performance of our vehicles and simply use them for A to B transport. Read more
BREAKING NEWS.
FROM 2021 ALL VEHICLES WILL HAVE THERE BRAKE PADS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH COMPRESSED CABBAGE LEAVES.
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
FROM THE GREEN PARTY.
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Another option in the price range is a Mitsubishi Grandis; available in petrol or diesel models.
Mine is 11 years old (2.4 petrol Classic), is currently worth under £1,000 according to HJ, yet has only cost me £9.65 in repair bills.
(and never failed an MOT on anything but a bad bulb).
Built like a tank, drives like the Lancer it shares a lot of parts with; and seats 6 1/2 (that centre middle seat is pretty narrow).
Seating position is reasonably high with tonnes of headroom (I am 198cm tall).
Go read HJ's own reviews. Read more
But who is going to drive with their left foot not on the floor or a footrest, but hovering OVER the brake pedal, all the time??
It should be mandatory for towballs to be either tucked away or removed when not in use. I cannot believe that in the 21st century with crumple zones and airbags etc we still allow people to drive around with a chunk of iron sticking out of the back of their vehicle. You may as well go back to steel bumpers. Read more
Ah Ron, you're just the man (as HJ is tight-lipped on this) - why don't drivers of manual transmissions also suffer from catastrophic pedal confusion?
Hey I need help getting the radio code for my fiesta, serial number is M123429 Read more
Glad it worked for you and thanks for coming back to us.
Had a wake up call this morning, at 0408 hours and still dark if anyone's interested, doing about 50 maybe 55 on two way road in my old Landcruiser, Deer shot out from a ns hedge at the last possible moment, sharp swerve right then left to straighten.
All good, Deer lives on unharmed, but i was quite impressed at how the motor took the swerve, which was instant reaction harsh, no possible time to brake so i didn't brake which probably helped a lot, it did occur to me had i been going much faster it could have worked out rather differently.... Read more
Deer aren't the world's greatest thinkers.
.....it's a bad idea.......
Hi everyone
I have a question regarding roundabout lanes for a specific roundabout near me.
(Roundabout in question, best viewed in satellite mode www.google.com/maps/place/51.652209,+-3.316348/@51...z )
When approaching from the A472 side, I am wanting to go right, so the third exit A470 N up to Merthyr Tydfil. Now the correct way you’d tell would be the right lane obviously as I’m going right, but not quite. If you go into the street view mode you’ll see that you can also keep in the left hand lane to go up there according to the road markings. This is the way i always take, as keeping in the left will allow me to carry on the dual carriage way in the left hand lane rather than being in the right(overtaking) lane. I guess I am correct in using the left lane to go this way as the road markings do say? :)
Let me know your opinions. Read more
If the current road markings say either lane for the A470(N) all round the roundabout then the answer is yes (but beware of idiots who think it isn't and try to cut you up).
Looking at streetview is confusing as some of the views are almost 10 years old....
I have a Bailley caravan which has a leisure battery for various uses when no mains electricity is available. During a conversation someone mentioned that when not in use for long periods, which is the case, batteries should be connected to a special charge unit which keeps the voltage topped up. Seems like sense to me but I don't know where to start. If any one can help. I have a 110 amp leisure and marine battery and would like to find out which charger until I should buy and connect to it. Also if I wanted to use the charger on other, fairly new vehicles it must be able to accommodate the canbus electrical system on modern cars. Any information and suggestion are welcome.
Cheers Concrete Read more
Can't see why you need a special charger with bells and whistles. Assuming it spends most of its life disconnected, why not just give it a few hours a month on a bog standard charger?
A question about the technicalities of receiving TV signals.
I have recently converted a pretty much unloved and underused conservatory into a useable room as an extension to our lounge. In the far corner of the ex conservatory is a sky cable, which terminates as twin coaxial type connectors with a female screw thread inside. These originally screwed onto the rear of a sky box. This along with another redundant sky cable going to the front room are connected to a sky dish. We no longer have sky but I was wondering if the dish would act as an antennae and the sky cable could be connected to a TV set. It would save me running 60 metres or so of new coaxial through the house, loft and onto the roof antennae. The sky cable looks like a twin cable which I am hoping will accept a normal coaxial connector. Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.... Read more
If your TV has a satellite input you could go straight into that without a box - but you won't / may not have the record feature
Our TV"s do have such connections on the rear panel. I am using the HDMI lead for connection to the TV form the box, which means I can use the sky remote for all functions. It works a treat for terrestrial, freeview and radio and it will record....
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I've just posted this on another thread:
If it's cranking fast enough and it isn't the starter or the battery, it might be to do with the fuel feed. Years ago my wife's Peugeot 205 diesel had just been serviced and they'd failed to replace some form of non-return valve properly (I'm no mechanic either!) so that fuel drained back to the tank if left for some hours.