hi all well shes been running great but sadly morning she was hard to start and when she did lot of black smoke from exhaust any ideas on the problem would be great
p38 2.5d
Well, I know stuff all about oil burners, but given the frosty nights now, weak battery or knackered glow plugs would be a good place to start looking.
cool cheers
Does it start better with a whiff of Right Guard (very poor man's Easy Start) into the intake?
That's normally a sign that the glow plugs aren't doing their thing properly.
Does the starter turn it over at normal speed?
I'd go for glow plugs too. Black smoke is too much fuel so if it's squirting it in and not firing, the extra will burn off as soon as it does fire.
Orangebean wrote:
Does it start better with a whiff of Right Guard (very poor man's Easy Start) into the intake?
Or brake cleaner works well too.
not tried right guard but will try the plugs in morning it too cold and dark to try now cheers
As it is cold weather and it's time for the glow plugs to do some work, then they should be your first point of call. Pretty cheap from the Bay of E.
cheers for the help guys was the glow plugs again many thanks
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I thought that was Thailand?