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Difficulty Starting Diesel Car

  • 29-05-2012 12:41pm
    #1
    jacknife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭


    Ive a diesel car and it starts no problem in the morning but if I go into town and try to restart it it will not start the same goes if after a long journey I stop and try to restart it will not restart, if I leave it for up to a hour it starts or if I keep trying it starts

    Does anyone else have the same problem with their diesel cars or what could the problem be


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  • #2
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    I have a red car and need a battery...what type to I get:P



    You'd need to tell us what type of diesel engine, year and model of car etc etc.


  • #3
    jacknife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭jacknife


    It's a 07 fiat doblo 1.3

    I changed the battery and had it recently serviced and it still does it


  • #4
    shamwari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭shamwari


    Can be any one of a number of things but a weak battery or stater motor would be favourite. That engine is a common rail diesel and it will not start until the fuel pressure reaches a minimum value when it's being cranked - hence a weak battery or starter usually being a suspect.

    Incidentally, that same engine is used in GM installations and I understand that Vauxhall UK are fitting a modified uprated starter to cars there which are reporting hard start issues. I don't know if Opel (or Fiat) are doing same here though....


  • #5
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    Get a diagnostics check. Could be a blown sensor or a electrical fault.


  • #6
    jacknife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭jacknife


    It's very frustrating when I stop and it does not start is there any tricks to getting it started


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  • #7
    mikewest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭mikewest


    Does it turn over every time on the key or is it a case of no response when the key is turned?


  • #8
    jacknife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭jacknife


    Every time I turn the key I can hear the clicking sound, if I wait for up to a hour it starts no problem


  • #9
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    jacknife wrote: »
    It's very frustrating when I stop and it does not start is there any tricks to getting it started

    You could try disconnecting your coolant temperature sensor see if that helps it start. Or disconnect wait ten minutes and reconnect your battery.

    I'd just get a diagnostics check and replace the faulty sensor(s). If there is no fault then suspect a bigger issue.


  • #10
    mikewest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭mikewest


    jacknife wrote: »
    Every time I turn the key I can hear the clicking sound, if I wait for up to a hour it starts no problem
    Sounds like starter problems. The clicking sound may be the solenoid on the starter pulling in but the starter motor is not turning.


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