Hello everyone i 've got a strange starting problem with my 1998 C15 Romahome.(55000 miles)(non turbo)
Yesterday i left the radio on standby all day at work and then came to start the van at 5pm and it wouldn't start!
It turned over (until the battery started to flatten) but wouldn't fire up.
Eventually with help from some jump leads it eventually coughed and started.
After a day on charge the battery being topped up, same problem at 5pm it turned over but didn't start for ages, eventually as the battery started to deaden it coughed and fired up!!
It seemed to me not to be a duff battery problem as the starter motor fires over quickly.
When it did start it does smoke a lot until warm and the glow plug light has always seemed to take a good 10sec's to go out. Could it be that it needs a good service (ie. Fuel filter being blocked) and a oil and fitler change could improve the cold starting smoking? Previous owner gave me no indicatin when it was last serviced!!!
Any help or advice greatfully recieved (sorry for the long thread mod's)
Kevin
Yesterday i left the radio on standby all day at work and then came to start the van at 5pm and it wouldn't start!
It turned over (until the battery started to flatten) but wouldn't fire up.
Eventually with help from some jump leads it eventually coughed and started.
After a day on charge the battery being topped up, same problem at 5pm it turned over but didn't start for ages, eventually as the battery started to deaden it coughed and fired up!!
It seemed to me not to be a duff battery problem as the starter motor fires over quickly.
When it did start it does smoke a lot until warm and the glow plug light has always seemed to take a good 10sec's to go out. Could it be that it needs a good service (ie. Fuel filter being blocked) and a oil and fitler change could improve the cold starting smoking? Previous owner gave me no indicatin when it was last serviced!!!
Any help or advice greatfully recieved (sorry for the long thread mod's)
Kevin
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