Has anyone tried this????

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Watch yourself here, this guy might just be selling you instructions on how to fiddle with the temperature sensor to fool the ecu into thinking the car is always cold. Best get a proper kit.
 
chromiumuk said:
Watch yourself here, this guy might just be selling you instructions on how to fiddle with the temperature sensor to fool the ecu into thinking the car is always cold. Best get a proper kit.
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he is go for the £30 one my mate got it and said its good, i got it just to thick to fit it thats why im going to ask if anyone is near bedfrod that does
 
Just do like the diesel vehicles use to be, a wire from the battery to a spring loaded switch to the glow plugs, then hold switch down for 5 or six seconds then start, of course you would wire it up with a relay.
 
Cossie David said:
Just do like the diesel vehicles use to be, a wire from the battery to a spring loaded switch to the glow plugs, then hold switch down for 5 or six seconds then start, of course you would wire it up with a relay.
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Not being a P38 owner myself, i'm not 100% sure but I think you also need to get more fuel into the cylinders as well to help compensate for the pump wear which I believe the kit fools the ecu into doing along with the glowplugs just for the (hot or cold) startup.
 
yeah ive read up alot since the sympthoms started, the way you describe cossie david is apprantly the old way people use to get around the problem, with the kits they sell on ebay they have a timed relay so that your not the car permantly on cold start so the mpg will not be affected!
 
skippy22 said:
ouch
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Yep, that's why people fit the hot start kit. A bit of a mask, but they'll soldier on for tens of thousands of miles with them. It also affected the old E34 diesel BMWs with the same engine, though usually at higher mileages as they weren't as heavy as the RR.
 
What made me say about the old way of operating the glow plugs is a mate of mine done this to his DSE 5 years ago and the vehicle is used every day and never had a problem with it, I myself would have to fix the problem as heating it everytime i wanted to start the vehicle would soon me very annoying, my DSE starts first time every time.

I have found that the DSE likes Ultra diesel better than it likes supermarket fuel.
 
Cossie David said:
What made me say about the old way of operating the glow plugs is a mate of mine done this to his DSE 5 years ago and the vehicle is used every day and never had a problem with it, I myself would have to fix the problem as heating it everytime i wanted to start the vehicle would soon me very annoying, my DSE starts first time every time.

I have found that the DSE likes Ultra diesel better than it likes supermarket fuel.
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I don't know if it is correct, but I was told Ultra Diesel is ultra low sulpher and that low sulpher = low lubricating properties which equals more wear in the injector pump, so it's more suited to common rail diesels that do not have an injector pump just a high pressure pump for the common rail:confused::confused::confused::confused:
 
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