dippydave666 said:

Disco refused to start this morning for first time ever. Pulled glowplugs out and 3 out of the 4 have failed however the 3 failed ones were very oily ? Is is a sign of some deeper issue ? Also any recommendations about a quality brand glowplugs welcomed........ I'm thinking bearmach
Cheers in advance Dave.

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dippydave666 said:

Disco refused to start this morning for first time ever. Pulled glowplugs out and 3 out of the 4 have failed however the 3 failed ones were very oily ? Is is a sign of some deeper issue ? Also any recommendations about a quality brand glowplugs welcomed........ I'm thinking bearmach
Cheers in advance Dave.

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dippydave666 said:

Thanks for the input, given the price of glowplugs I'm gunna drop some in and see what happens. One thing I did not mention was that I run 100% biodiesel all year round and it normally just fires instantly. I make my own diesel so I'm confident in it but maybe I've left it a little late in the year to add some coldflow additive and the combo of 3 plugs down and the temp lowering has caught me out. Off to auto factors in the morn
Cheers Dave.

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dippydave666 said:

Lol. Sunny Chesterfield Derbyshire here. But ambient temp does affect biodiesel, I've noticed me "proper" butters gone hard in last week or so there's a drop in ambient temp.
I will post what happens when I fit the new heater plugs.

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Sheffield said:

Is the vehicle in question an auto with EDC? They do need working glow plugs and a good cranking speed to start if cold.

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dippydave666 said:

It's a 94 manual so no EDC, solved the prob and was not heater plugs (although I've replaced them with NGK @£8 each). Basically the fuel had drained back into the tank overnight, a local Landy guy said I needed to replace the filter head. So trotted off to the scrappy and paid £10 for a used filter head then fitted it with a new fuel filter and bingo it just fires instantly.
The only winter cold running mod I've done is to fit a heat wrap around the fuel filter. Basically a electric blanket lol. Check out "keenovo" as a search on evilBAy. It's wired to a simple on off switch on the dash. Serve me fine the last 2 winters.
Cheers guys Dave

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