Hi all.

I’ve got an N reg 306 TD, the problem is when starting from cold it
takes a bit of Cranking then it feels like it fires on 3, after a 20
seconds or so it clears and fires on all 4?

The thing is this car has had some History, i bought the car 2 years
ago and shortly after it droped a Valve and Damaged the head quite
badly but the Bottom end was ok. I Bought a New head and all was good
for a Year until one of the steel inserts came out and realy damaged
the engine, So i decided to get a Fully recon Motor. Then 6 months ago
this bad starting problems came to light. Since then i had problems
with the Heater inside not getting warm and it blowing Bubbles in the
Coolant filler :roll: So i pulled the head off it and had a good look,
could’nt see anything wrong so i sent the head to be Presure tested
and Skimmed. To cut a long story short the head was Cracked realy
badly, so thats been replaced.

So as it stands i have a Bottom end thats done no more than 10k and a
Top end thats Brand new But the Cold start problem did’nt go with the
Cracked head.

SO... As i’m realy not clued up into Deisels and TBH after all this i
still like the car what should i be looking at? I belive it had a New
Fuel Pump just before i bought the car and all the things like Cam
timing etc are Spot on.

Can anyone give me a Pointer into what i need to Clean/Replace to get
my car running nicly again.

Thanks
Chris