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Ianhre - 23 Jan 2005 17:09 GMT

Frontera Starting from cold The past couple of weeks my Frontera 2.3 TD has
had difficulty in starting in the morning , I put a new battery in it ,later
the heater plug warning light started to flash, so I put new heater plugs in it
.It makes no differance. Once started it runs and starts all day long. Any idea
what is wrong ? ......... Ian

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Steve Parry - 23 Jan 2005 17:35 GMT

Ianhre fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

> Frontera Starting from cold The past couple of weeks my Frontera
> 2.3 TD has had difficulty in starting in the morning , I put a new
> battery in it ,later the heater plug warning light started to flash,
> so I put new heater plugs in it .It makes no differance. Once started
> it runs and starts all day long. Any idea what is wrong ? .........
> Ian

My Frontera 2.3TD does'nt like pointing uphill on my drive but if I
reverse on to the drive so it faces downhill it starts much easier.

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Ian - 24 Jan 2005 00:14 GMT

"Ianhre" wrote in message

> Frontera Starting from cold The past couple of weeks my Frontera 2.3
> TD has
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> idea
> what is wrong ?

Maybe nothing to do with the problem, but is the starter motor OK? I
replaced an old battery on my Shogun because I thought that was the cause of
my starting problem only to discover it needed a new starter motor.

Ian

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"David G. Bell" - 24 Jan 2005 09:03 GMT

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> Frontera Starting from cold The past couple of weeks my Frontera 2.3 TD has
> had difficulty in starting in the morning , I put a new battery in it ,later
> the heater plug warning light started to flash, so I put new heater plugs in it
> .It makes no differance. Once started it runs and starts all day long. Any idea
> what is wrong ? ......... Ian

When you've tried cranking it for a bit, _carefully_ feel the terminals.
Battery, the other end of the earth strap, solenoid and starter. If one
of them is getting hot, it suggests a less-than-good contact, and it
will be worth cleaning.

Caution: these can get hot enough to hurt.

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