Cold Starting

Any modifications/technical issues & tuning questions, help, suggestions & advice on;Maintenance, Servicing, Suspension, Interior, Exterior, ECU's, Alarms, ICE?. Help is at hand in here. Need for speed? Got a question or just browsing for ideas? Or see if your knowledge can help someone out.

Basically, if you have a problem or question about your Fiesta Mk7 - Post in here!
Post Reply
Whatbob
Newbie (Welcome Me!)
Newbie (Welcome Me!)
Posts: 1
Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:32 am
Drives: Fiesta
Refferer: Search Engine

Cold Starting

Post by Whatbob »

Cold Starting,
I know as the country as a whole is having a bit of a cold spell at the moment, but my Mk7 2010 1.6 TDCi , has just started to be really lumpy on start in a morning , with very noticeable plumes of smoke out of the back when started up.

Within a second or two it is fine and drives normally. Obviously this is unburnt fuel from the initial start-up process , from cold. Being a bit long in the tooth these days I remember Diesels of old with “glow plugs” and delayed starts etc. Do these modern cars have glow plugs these days ? as it may be a simple remedy of changing them . If so does anyone have a part number ?

It has done 70k miles, and runs very well.

Thanks in anticipation .

Post Reply