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Ford Galaxy hard to start

  • 29-03-2015 7:10pm
    #1
    Aake
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi , I have a 2007 Galaxy , it's hard started in the mornings . I heat it 3 or 4 times and then it starts . It's generally ok then and starts no problem for the rest of the day . Has anyone else had this problem and what was the outcome .


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,379 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Glow plugs usually.


  • #3
    9935452
    Registered Users Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭9935452


    Is the battery ok. Does it turn over the engine fast when the starter is engaged.
    Also could it be starved of fuel. Maybe a fuel hose drawing air somewhere
    .


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,379 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The fact that the op heats it 3 or 4 times points to glow plugs though?


  • #5
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    It should start with little or no heat in this weather, air getting in some where over night in the fuel system maybe.


  • #6
    9935452
    Registered Users Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭9935452


    A lot of modern diesels need little or no heat to start them. Ive heard of lads with 2 or 3 glow plugs gone and the car starting perfectly from cold.
    It would be easy to check or replace them and rule them out


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  • #7
    ssmith6287
    Registered Users Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭ssmith6287


    my older (03) fiesta got water in the plugs, apparently its a common problem, silicon sealant fixes it


  • #8
    vinnie13
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭vinnie13


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The fact that the op heats it 3 or 4 times points to glow plugs though?

    i thought the same


  • #9
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    vinnie13 wrote: »
    i thought the same

    When you switch off the key and back on again you are priming up the fuel system from the pump in the tank.


  • #10
    vinnie13
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭vinnie13


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    When you switch off the key and back on again you are priming up the fuel system from the pump in the tank.

    it coule be air getting in,but usually if a diesel is hard started in the mornings 9/10 its glow plugs or power to them it would be my first step to check, after that i would be thinking air in the line.

    i had a mid 90's pajero years ago that ended up with both glow plugs and air getting in the line


  • #11
    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    When you switch off the key and back on again you are priming up the fuel system from the pump in the tank.

    If it's a new shape Galaxy (being 07 it probably is) then it doesn't have a lift pump in the tank.


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  • #12
    Aake
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Aake


    I've now discovered a very small Coolant leak , it's coming out at one of the screws of the cover underneath on the right hand side , it's not a constant drip drip . Any ideas before I get it pressure tested !


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