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Default Diesel starting problem

Hi

I dont know if anyone has mentioned this before but if it is a deasil
the glow plugs need to suck quite allot of batery power for them to
heat up before the fuel will light and start the engin if your battery
is not in its best condition tha is the first place I would look if you
notice the baterys on deasils are always heavy duty for this reason
compared to a pertrol engineed car hense why they tend to cost more to
replace (just the joys of a deasil) try to get the batery charged over
night or see if you friendly garage will test out the problem with a
new battery if you have a friendly local machanic they will do this for
free as if you need a new battery they would hopwe for the sale.

I hope this helps


Paul Herber wrote:
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:11:21 +0100, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

The pump is an extremely sensitive precision instrument that gets the
fuel up to about 1800 bar.

ITYM 1800 PSI, or abour 120 bar.


Nope. 1800 bar, or about 27,000 PSI. Very dangerous stuff. A leak can squirt
out with such force that it can slice right into the human body.

Different designs use different pressures. They're pretty much all above
1000 bar, and some new designs are now edging 2000 bar.


Well, well, well, I wouldn't have beliived it but I;ve now found such
on google. Had a suitable question been on WWTBAM I would have got the
answer wrong.


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Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/