Car wont start

j15nfc

have you tried cleaning the throttle body out with carb cleaner, you can get instructions off the internet and do it yourself its really easy, had trouble starting mine a few weeks ago and this worked for me, it was caked in black crap, now its sparkling!

goldspanners

j15nfc wrote: »

have you tried cleaning the throttle body out with carb cleaner, you can get instructions off the internet and do it yourself its really easy, had trouble starting mine a few weeks ago and this worked for me, it was caked in black crap, now its sparkling!

its diesel, no throttle body here.

big_gay_kirk

water in the fuel filter
no water/electrolyte in the battery
if it has a preheating system (some direct injection engines don't) an easy way to check if it is causing the problem is this.. boil a kettle, pour the boiling water over the injectors, and try again.. if it starts, voila....
if it had been a Peugeot diesel I'd offer this advice, but don't kbnow if its relevant to other makes... switch off the radio and fan.. turn the key to position 2 ( the one that makes the warning lights come on...) begin listening.. wait for any glow plug light to extinguish... listen carefully, and you wil hear a click from behind the dashboard.... don't try starting the engine until you hear the click, and you'll find it starts a lot easier...

harveybobbles

One other thought - As it's your 1st diesel - hope you havent put unleaded in it.............................

harveybobbles

Another thing h'actually is to make sure your fuel guage is working correctly - GM stuff are well known for them saying it has a quater of a tank when actually the thing is empty!!

CHR15

I had a similar problem with a Saab (GM). In the morning it took an age of turning over before bursting into life.

The Saab lump also has a glow plug indicator which rarely appears (only when it is around 0 degrees outside temp).

I considered getting new glow plugs, the engine turning over felt fine, no drop off from the starter.

Turned out to be the battery. The poor starting lasted about 3 Months before giving up, new battery fitted, instant fix.

andrew1975_2

changed the glow plugs it has'nt made a diffrence BUT HA THERE IS A BUT the pre-heater light dose come on now and again and when it dose come on it starts no probs but when it dose not it is a cow to start could it be the relay or some thing dose any one know were the relay is ???

goldspanners

invest in a haynes manual,it will tell you where everything is. there will be a relay or relay/timer but to know exactly which one it is you will be best of finding a haynes manual,even try your library to borrow one or get one from ebay.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

The relay will be simple to find. Follow the leads from the glow plugs.

andrew1975_2

I have a haynes manual but it dose not tell me were the relay is