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hard to start after mech played with it!
hard to start after mech played with it!
hi there, we have an 89 4.2l turbo GQ. runs like a dream, starts perfect every time. sent it to a mech to have a pre-gas install check up (to make sure it is ok for diesel on gas) had a pyro gauge fitted, radiator removed and cleaned, compression test, exhaust flow test and a dyno run.
now it starts like a pig. it will keep on turning over without starting and heaps of black smoke coming out whilst trying to start, finally starts, coughs a huge black cloud and off we go. mostly seems to do it on the first start of the day, after that it starts fine. even if the first start for the day is at 4pm.
tonight i thought it was going to flatten the battery before it finally started.
battery is under 12 months old.
thanks guys!
now it starts like a pig. it will keep on turning over without starting and heaps of black smoke coming out whilst trying to start, finally starts, coughs a huge black cloud and off we go. mostly seems to do it on the first start of the day, after that it starts fine. even if the first start for the day is at 4pm.
tonight i thought it was going to flatten the battery before it finally started.
battery is under 12 months old.
thanks guys!
if they checked compression through glow plug holes, maybe they have forgotten to reconnect something?
is the glow plug light doing what its supposed to?
cheers, andrew
is the glow plug light doing what its supposed to?
cheers, andrew
97 GQ patrol coilcab. TD42, safari turbo kit with fiddled turbo, D-GAS kit. dyno results to come...
4inch lift, king springs, efs and procomp shocks
315/70R16 cooper ST's
found fuel economy...
4inch lift, king springs, efs and procomp shocks
315/70R16 cooper ST's
found fuel economy...
They probably put the spark plug leads back onto the wrong sparkplugs.
Coxy
PS. Definately sounds like glow plugs to me. If you havent replaced them in a few years - go and throw some newies in anyway.
If it was me, i'd be taking it back to the mechanic and getting him to fix it. I hope he's not the same feller doing your gas install....
Coxy
PS. Definately sounds like glow plugs to me. If you havent replaced them in a few years - go and throw some newies in anyway.
If it was me, i'd be taking it back to the mechanic and getting him to fix it. I hope he's not the same feller doing your gas install....
Re: hard to start after mech played with it!
check ur glow fuse (big 60amp) if they new wat they were doing they would of pulled it out before removing the plugs hopfully they just didnt put it back otherwise it's the same as wat happened to me and they've f@#ked the relay good luckfull-boost wrote:hi there, we have an 89 4.2l turbo GQ. runs like a dream, starts perfect every time. sent it to a mech to have a pre-gas install check up (to make sure it is ok for diesel on gas) had a pyro gauge fitted, radiator removed and cleaned, compression test, exhaust flow test and a dyno run.
now it starts like a pig. it will keep on turning over without starting and heaps of black smoke coming out whilst trying to start, finally starts, coughs a huge black cloud and off we go. mostly seems to do it on the first start of the day, after that it starts fine. even if the first start for the day is at 4pm.
tonight i thought it was going to flatten the battery before it finally started.
battery is under 12 months old.
thanks guys!
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