Escort TD Van
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Escort TD Van
Why would a escort 1.8 TD van be very slow at turnover from stone cold but when its warm be as it should be and start no problem with plenty life ??
It has a brand new battery, and heat plugs have only done 5/600 miles (They were changed but it made no difference as its been like this for over a year but its sat un-used for 1 year)
Pump and injectors were done (refurbed i think) by the previous owner before my mate bought it but was about 3/4 years ago but van has only covered a 3/4 thousand miles in that time.
Could it be the pump or is there a cold start valve or similar needing replaced ??
It takes maybe 3/4 heats of the plugs and sometimes this is twice before it fires into life but it is very slow and door lol
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It has a brand new battery, and heat plugs have only done 5/600 miles (They were changed but it made no difference as its been like this for over a year but its sat un-used for 1 year)
Pump and injectors were done (refurbed i think) by the previous owner before my mate bought it but was about 3/4 years ago but van has only covered a 3/4 thousand miles in that time.
Could it be the pump or is there a cold start valve or similar needing replaced ??
It takes maybe 3/4 heats of the plugs and sometimes this is twice before it fires into life but it is very slow and door lol
many thanks
could be the starter motor playing up fella,a friends van was doing what your's is doing and we fitted a fuel filter first whiched helped slightly then we fitted a start motor to it and its been good as gold
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Giving a coulpe of goes on the heaters is a good idea on these engines at this time of year.
What battery did you fit, as some listings for the diesel range on escorts list a std petrol battery, and this simply is not man enough, had the same on a escort I bought years ago, correct battery according to the chart, but nowhere near man enough.
You could try cleaning the connections on battery and starter, also the earth points, particularly the one on the engine.
If it is purely slow turning over but only in cold most likely battery related, next time just connect up a boost pack to see if that changes things, if it's then perfect you know it is down to batt being a touch small, even though may well be what they recommend.
If you have a really heavy grade oil in the car this can also do it/make it worse.
tabetha
What battery did you fit, as some listings for the diesel range on escorts list a std petrol battery, and this simply is not man enough, had the same on a escort I bought years ago, correct battery according to the chart, but nowhere near man enough.
You could try cleaning the connections on battery and starter, also the earth points, particularly the one on the engine.
If it is purely slow turning over but only in cold most likely battery related, next time just connect up a boost pack to see if that changes things, if it's then perfect you know it is down to batt being a touch small, even though may well be what they recommend.
If you have a really heavy grade oil in the car this can also do it/make it worse.
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From: selsey
is this van endura if yes everythjng needs to b preety good as tab has already said starter causes loads of trouble also anyone playjng with the pump can b disasterous check the glow plug fuse
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