23-01-2014, 08:30 AM
My 2005 1.9D has become a slow starter from cold, fine afterwards.
It used to start just by showing the vehicle the key but now it needs 3 seconds cranking for the first start of the day and then it is fine the rest of the day.
This is following my wife filling the van with petrol and running it the two miles home from the filling station.
The cold start lever is fully up against the stop when cold and the cable mechanism allows the lever to move smoothly back to its idle position however the engine doesn't seem to get much in the way of an increase in revs from cold - like you would when "on choke " so to speak so I was wondering about the pump being affected in some way and was hoping that someone has any experience of this.
The vehicle had petrol sitting in it for a day and a half before being drained out, are there any internal seals that may have been affected in the pump by the petrol ?
As an aside all glow plugs are tested good as is the timer.
It used to start just by showing the vehicle the key but now it needs 3 seconds cranking for the first start of the day and then it is fine the rest of the day.
This is following my wife filling the van with petrol and running it the two miles home from the filling station.
The cold start lever is fully up against the stop when cold and the cable mechanism allows the lever to move smoothly back to its idle position however the engine doesn't seem to get much in the way of an increase in revs from cold - like you would when "on choke " so to speak so I was wondering about the pump being affected in some way and was hoping that someone has any experience of this.
The vehicle had petrol sitting in it for a day and a half before being drained out, are there any internal seals that may have been affected in the pump by the petrol ?
As an aside all glow plugs are tested good as is the timer.
2007 M59 1.6 HDi
Serieal Berlingo owner
Serieal Berlingo owner
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