Frentchy
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 8
Re: Cold start question.
Quote:
Originally Posted by luggsey
My Hippo does not like starting from cold! (1998 diesel) Changed the fuel filter which made almost no difference. The heater plugs were recent but I took them out anyway and checked them and cleaned them. Ok so far. I connected up a working heater plug to the heater plug loom and tested that to prove the relay, now here is my problem. The heater plug fires up off the cold start relay but it dosen't stay on long enough to make the end of the plug glow. My test shows they need 4 seconds before they glow and my ECU didn't heat them that long. So, temprature sensor in the stat housing faulty? I looked in the Haynes book and that sensor controls the temprature display on the dash which seems to work ok, goes to just above half way during normal driving. Can anybody throw any more light on this for me?
Hippo runs like a sewing machine when started BTW.
I have done the VCU and the IRD, just the cold start and two central locking units to go!
Hi, I have the same problem, i replaced the four plugs, had to get brutal getting the old ones out so i couldn't test them, still wouldn't start then i realised that the heater light didn't stay on for even a second, is there a timer or relay somewhere? Frentchy
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by luggsey
My Hippo does not like starting from cold! (1998 diesel) Changed the fuel filter which made almost no difference. The heater plugs were recent but I took them out anyway and checked them and cleaned them. Ok so far. I connected up a working heater plug to the heater plug loom and tested that to prove the relay, now here is my problem. The heater plug fires up off the cold start relay but it dosen't stay on long enough to make the end of the plug glow. My test shows they need 4 seconds before they glow and my ECU didn't heat them that long. So, temprature sensor in the stat housing faulty? I looked in the Haynes book and that sensor controls the temprature display on the dash which seems to work ok, goes to just above half way during normal driving. Can anybody throw any more light on this for me?
Hippo runs like a sewing machine when started BTW.
I have done the VCU and the IRD, just the cold start and two central locking units to go!
Hi, I have the same problem, i replaced the four plugs, had to get brutal getting the old ones out so i couldn't test them, still wouldn't start then i realised that the heater light didn't stay on for even a second, is there a timer or relay somewhere? Frentchy
