Hi folks
with the recent spell of cold weather,my Td4 has decided to be a pig to start by taking around 5 or 6 turns of they key Once its fired up its ok for the rest of theday , pulls well and doesnt smoke.So yesterday I checked the glow plugs, they were working fine but as a precaution i replaced them with new Bosch ones to be on the safe side.
Anyway I thought I would stick the battery on charge when I noticed the battery seemed a lot smaller than the tray ,checked online and the Td4 is meant to have an 096 battery, somone has fitted a 065 battery so this morning I decided to get the jump leads and used my VW t4 camper to jump start it, it started up from cold first turn once the glow plug light had gone off rather than the 5 or 6 attempts its been doing all week so its new battery time later on when the local car spares place opens
.
Anyway would a battery thats too small cause a cold start problem by not having enough power to spin the engine over and do the glow plugs and all the other electrical stuff???
with the recent spell of cold weather,my Td4 has decided to be a pig to start by taking around 5 or 6 turns of they key Once its fired up its ok for the rest of theday , pulls well and doesnt smoke.So yesterday I checked the glow plugs, they were working fine but as a precaution i replaced them with new Bosch ones to be on the safe side.
Anyway I thought I would stick the battery on charge when I noticed the battery seemed a lot smaller than the tray ,checked online and the Td4 is meant to have an 096 battery, somone has fitted a 065 battery so this morning I decided to get the jump leads and used my VW t4 camper to jump start it, it started up from cold first turn once the glow plug light had gone off rather than the 5 or 6 attempts its been doing all week so its new battery time later on when the local car spares place opens
.
Anyway would a battery thats too small cause a cold start problem by not having enough power to spin the engine over and do the glow plugs and all the other electrical stuff???