mad4amanda
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Hi All new here ! Am trying to help a colleague with a 1984 90 2.5NA .
Problems began before christmas when the first real cold came here, it would not start and turned over very slowly . the owner fitted a new battery but still same issue I tried a bigger battery and it spun over quicker but after a few days still an issue . Glow plug light not working so the owner replaced glow plugs with Bosch but glow plug light still didnt come on ( unless strangely you connect another battery with jump leads when it was fine ) battery checked all ok its a 336 a huge battery speced for early RR diesel . I swapped bulbs but old bulb fine we found starter lead from solenoid to starter case was melyed slightly so replaced starter the starter we got was tiny compared with our one even though MF said was correct so took numbers off old one and reordered got correct huge starter! starting is better but still slow and black/ grey smoke on startup ?
what is the glow plug wiring circuit like and where can I find and test relays and timers are there any common issues ? I am wondering if an underlying fault on this circuit has been over straining old battery and starter as both were shot anyway .
Talking to him he now says the glowplug light has not worked for ages but he thought it was the bulb!
Where to look next help greatly appreciated together with locations of relays etc.
thanks
steve
Problems began before christmas when the first real cold came here, it would not start and turned over very slowly . the owner fitted a new battery but still same issue I tried a bigger battery and it spun over quicker but after a few days still an issue . Glow plug light not working so the owner replaced glow plugs with Bosch but glow plug light still didnt come on ( unless strangely you connect another battery with jump leads when it was fine ) battery checked all ok its a 336 a huge battery speced for early RR diesel . I swapped bulbs but old bulb fine we found starter lead from solenoid to starter case was melyed slightly so replaced starter the starter we got was tiny compared with our one even though MF said was correct so took numbers off old one and reordered got correct huge starter! starting is better but still slow and black/ grey smoke on startup ?
what is the glow plug wiring circuit like and where can I find and test relays and timers are there any common issues ? I am wondering if an underlying fault on this circuit has been over straining old battery and starter as both were shot anyway .
Talking to him he now says the glowplug light has not worked for ages but he thought it was the bulb!
Where to look next help greatly appreciated together with locations of relays etc.
thanks
steve
