Getting an XUD to start of Veg oil at -2 Degrees

[StevieboyTD]

Bailes has already been ripped to shreds over on the 306 forum, it's wasn't a pretty sight

http://www.pug306.net/forum/showthread. ... -2-Degrees!

They want money to look Fook dat

Nah, the admin is crap at setting up pages, just need to reg.

[FarmerPug]

That seemed like a right hassle to get the car going in the morning i just want to get in and turn the key, but its hard to beat the sound of life in an xud all the starting and you start to doubt it will start then it jumps into life. Though ill stick with my turn key, engine starts procedure.

[steve_earwig]

Done it. It took me a while to realise the forum posts are sdrawkcab

[FarmerPug]

is that good.

[steve_earwig]

Confuzzing

[Bailes1992]

At the end of the day people can rip me for it all they want. It's whats needed to get it started in the morning! The water helps no end. The fuel hoses are run on the inside of the car which helps (moved them myself) but the hoses in the engine bay are still abit dodgey.
At the end of the day once the engines started the heat exchanger in the thermostat housing warms up the fuel nicley and then the fuel that returns up the tank probably helps too because it's abit warmer! It's just getting it going in the first place!

[FarmerPug]

park it on a hill and roll start it, saves all that bother.

[Gary406]

At the end of the day people can rip me for it all they want. It's whats needed to get it started in the morning! The water helps no end. The fuel hoses are run on the inside of the car which helps (moved them myself) but the hoses in the engine bay are still abit dodgey.
At the end of the day once the engines started the heat exchanger in the thermostat housing warms up the fuel nicley and then the fuel that returns up the tank probably helps too because it's abit warmer! It's just getting it going in the first place!

i really have to strongly disagree with the water helpin no end, theres no way on earth that hot water will do anything ,,,

[Gary406]

have you not tried changing the plugs,

[FarmerPug]

what about all the hdi owners who plugged out their egr valves after that 20 second mod thing, anyone notice its hard to start

[StevieboyTD]

have you not tried changing the plugs,

In the thread on pug306.net, he mentions how he's getting 4v at the plugs, dead relay me thinks!

15 seconds with a jumplead to the glowplug rail has got to be easier (and cheaper!) than a bucket of hot water every morning!

[Bailes1992]

have you not tried changing the plugs,

In the thread on pug306.net, he mentions how he's getting 4v at the plugs, dead relay me thinks!

15 seconds with a jumplead to the glowplug rail has got to be easier (and cheaper!) than a bucket of hot water every morning!

Yeh jumplead didn't work.

[FarmerPug]

is the bucket hot or boiling, my old 205 used to take plenty of turns some times to get started but simply holding the key or in its case a push button until the engine fired up it got going there was about 30 seconds of turning but then once it starts coughing like its getting diesel and the coughing gets quicker and quicker it always started after that.

[Archangel]

Did you say 60 ltrs of Veg and 10 ltrs of Petrol? If so and it still wont start you got a problem. Should only be on 10% Petrol.
The hot water will certainly help if the veg is so thick and jelled in the IP/Injectors, but I think you have a glowplug problem and they need changing.

Its -2 at mine, and I use 10% Petrol and mine starts first turn of the key as I've just had my glowplugs changed.

Yeh but hopefully the Pug will be part ex'ed this weekend so no point changing them

I just use 5 litres of fossil diesel in the 50 litres of Bio and have no probs , though I think new glowplugs cant be a bad thing especially in this weather we`re having so far

[GeordieBoy]

Did you say 60 ltrs of Veg and 10 ltrs of Petrol? If so and it still wont start you got a problem. Should only be on 10% Petrol.
The hot water will certainly help if the veg is so thick and jelled in the IP/Injectors, but I think you have a glowplug problem and they need changing.

Its -2 at mine, and I use 10% Petrol and mine starts first turn of the key as I've just had my glowplugs changed.

Yeh but hopefully the Pug will be part ex'ed this weekend so no point changing them

I just use 5 litres of fossil diesel in the 50 litres of Bio and have no probs , though I think new glowplugs cant be a bad thing especially in this weather we`re having so far

If you have a 1.9TD, then pointless doing all the extra work and expense of making Bio, when it runs on WVO.
Adding Diesel is also pointless, you need 3 times the quantity of Diesel to thin it than you do Petrol.