mark george
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Guys, i need to get your thoughts before i start buying any more new bits. My 300 tdi auto discovery has never had any problems starting and fires instantly on the first rotation of the engine until the recent temperature drop, however over the past few weeks it has been struggling. When it fires its as if its running on 2 or 3 cylinders and i get whiteish blue smoke out from the exhaust that smells of diesel, my thinking was that i may need a new set of glow plugs. Changed these along with the leak off pipes, a new battery (and an alternator a couple of weeks earlier) , no better! sent it in to the landrover specialists who put a new timing belt on, and told me it was had been 1 tooth out, still no better! When she is reved and warms a little its back to its old self with no starting probs even if left to cool for a while. I have also read some where that the lift pump can cause some issues with starting am i correct? I dont use any thing other than diesel from so no cooking oil is in the tank. I have seen conflicting post about starting some saying that the glows are not needed until the outside temp is well bellow freezing and some say it does need them so im confused,its not using any significant oil or coolent and runs fine when its ran for about 5 seconds. it wont rev for the first 10 seconds until all cylinders have started firing. Any ideas? 