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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: addautomotive on December 03, 2007, 05:54:48 am
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Starts like a champ all summer long. Once it's -10, I have to beat on it mercilessly to start it.
New starter
New 850cca battery
4 good glow plugs
It spins FAST, and pounds on one or two cylinders JUST LIKE it has bad glow plugs... but it doesn't.
EXCEPT... it burns a couple glow plugs every month or two.
This is the second year of this madness, I just can't figure it out.
Ideers?
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too much oil consumption
bad quality plugs
bad injector spray pattern (most likely)
GP circuit not doing correct job.
check these - any diesel will react to cold temps but eating GPs is bad news
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The glow plug circuit is working fine... I use a ford solenoid and a momentary switch. Even if I give them 15 seconds it wont start well.
Would bad injectors perform worse in the cold?
Who is rebuilding injectors? I have a spare set I can send out.
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just spoke with the local VW shop... they also said that I should double check my cam & IP timing. They said it sounds like retarded timing, because I also noted hazy exhaust and poor turbo spool up.
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your best investment would be a dialgauge and camlock tool - best money ever spent for me.
have any diesel shop check your injectors - just get a reputable one to test them like the manual says - not pumping the living daylights out of them.