trouble starting in the cold

[nav06]

hi all, my d40 struggles to start in cold conditions. I have a fairly new battery. could it be my glowplugs? any ideas??

 

[Old.Tony]

Glow plugs would be one of the first places I'd look, but before I did that, I'd connect another car battery up in place of the one you have there.

When it's cold, batteries that have some internal damage don't perform as well.

 

[nav06]

thats what i thought. i was down perisher on the weekend and every morning it struggled and blew smoke until it warmed up a bit. are glowplugs expensive to replace?

 

[scottybobcat]

I don't know much about the D40's mate but make sure there isn't a fuse blown and the plug is connected properly.You can drop into an auto elec and get them to do a crank test on the barrery to see if it has dropped a cell

 

[nav06]

Ok sweet, thanks for the info.

 

[joffo81]

They weren't cheap on my D22 but in hindsight I think I paid too much) about $50 each from memory). One of mine packed it in with about 115000 kms on the clock and it blew the fuse (30 amp i think). I had to drive for a week in the middle of winter with no glow plugs functioning at all. I threw my wheat bag in the microwave for a few minutes and put it on top of the engine and closed the hood for a few minutes. This started the nav no worries even on the iciest mornings before work until my new plugs arrived