oneway Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 I'm a newbie with Deisels ...My 2000 (pre-facelift) 1.9TDI had become harder to start (longer cranking) before finally refusing altogether ... following some Easy Start to the air intake it started and was left at my local garage to resolve. They replaced two burnt out glowplugs and when it still wouldn't start suggested replacing relay 103. Quote
Mirez Posted October 28, 2008 Report Posted October 28, 2008 You need to ascertain the indirect cause of the problem before going down that route. Is it electrical? Is it fuel? Is is air? Now I dont do diesel engines as well as petrol so you'll probably want to get some clarification before entrusting this but my understanding is that diesel engines require some heat, air and fuel pressure in order to ignite. Therefore I would start by replacing the service items, mainly the air filter and (more importantly on a derv) the fuel filter. With that done and the intake pipework examined you can rule out the air. Again AFAIK the VW diesel is highly efficient and wont normally need the glow plugs to run for any length of time so, for me, that would point to likelyhood of fuel pressure - either the fuel pump or the injectors. Have you/the garage checked for any fault code? Quote
oneway Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Posted October 28, 2008 Dunno if they checked for error code ... will pursue. However with Easy start help it started and ran OK ... doesn't that tend to suggest an electrical/glow plug related issue? Battery is OK too FYI. Car had been serviced the week before by the same garage so filters are new and I had expected this to resolve the poor starting symptom that had begun to develop. Quote
insider Posted October 28, 2008 Report Posted October 28, 2008 Perhaps it's worth checking the glow plugs yourself? - http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...ost&p=46206. Quote
oneway Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Posted November 7, 2008 Just to update y'all - since replaced spill off pipes as they were perished and also swapped out for a healthy new battery to no avail and had to reluctantly book into Frauds for diagnostics .... seemingly it's a faulty ignition switch ??? Part ordered watch this space! Quote
insider Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008 Reminds me of a question I asked earlier this year - http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...&pid=131379. Quote
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