ford transit 1997

[happylamper 7]

excatly the same thing has happened to mine mate and as tom.k said its not got glow plugs as its direct injection!!! get down a scrappies and buy a new starter motor id bet thats your problem :thumbs:

its had another starter on it a few week ago cos the lad burnt the other one out trying to start the thing.

[happylamper 7]

don,t worry about heater plugs mate it ant got none it,s a direct inection and dosent use them the the best thing is to check to see if the fuel is runnnig back buy changeing the lift pump it,s found on the side of the engine under neath the exhaust manifold if that does,nt cure it change the cold start valve on top of the engine near the injector pump and timeing cover as there prone for siezeing up incold weather thease are the cheapest things and the easyest to check first and most of the time cure it if not your injectorpump could be on the way out

cold start valve whats that look like mate.thanks hl

[Guest stewie]

excatly the same thing has happened to mine mate and as tom.k said its not got glow plugs as its direct injection!!! get down a scrappies and buy a new starter motor id bet thats your problem :thumbs:

its had another starter on it a few week ago cos the lad burnt the other one out trying to start the thing.

ill get my coat :doh:

[tom.k 8]

:thumbs:it depends which engine you got mates all though they all look and fit the same its hard to describe its normally about 4 inches long with two wires which go to it but some are the mechanical type which work by vacum and the its the steel rod which controls the excess fuel which jams up the best thing to do is phone your local main dealer or any transit breakers in your area they should no as it,s very common on the earlier type banana engine but i would check the lift pump out as it,s easyier

[higgins 75]

hi chaps my lad has a the old ford transit 97plate he's havin problems starting the dam thing in a morning just gone and bought a new battery put it on turned the engine over the engine was turning fast at first then started to run flat,so stuck tow rope on it pulled off started within seconds,big cloud of smoke but cleared after a short while so i turned the thing off,went to restart fired straight up without a turn on the engine did this a number of times before letting the battery die again.would be adviseable to put abit of petrol in the diesel tank.to try and make it fire up better?thanks

Hi mate,have a look on this forum,plenty on cold starts wit transits....Ford Transit Forum

Higgins

[rikjd 8]

could it not be the fly wheel is worn? known that a few times were the starter will whir all day but its not in contact with the teeth on the flywheel due to being worn/missing. More likely to be one of the problems mentioned already then this but worth considering if your still struggling.

[Guest crobinc840]

I'm thinking starter too, I had the same problem. Gave the truck away and got another cheap on ebay.

[happylamper 7]

don,t worry about heater plugs mate it ant got none it,s a direct inection and dosent use them the the best thing is to check to see if the fuel is runnnig back buy changeing the lift pump it,s found on the side of the engine under neath the exhaust manifold if that does,nt cure it change the cold start valve on top of the engine near the injector pump and timeing cover as there prone for siezeing up incold weather thease are the cheapest things and the easyest to check first and most of the time cure it if not your injectorpump could be on the way out

hi mate would you say this is the cold start valve which i'v found near the drivers head lamp not near the pumpor what ever it is the wires have burnt out.

[happylamper 7]

don,t worry about heater plugs mate it ant got none it,s a direct inection and dosent use them the the best thing is to check to see if the fuel is runnnig back buy changeing the lift pump it,s found on the side of the engine under neath the exhaust manifold if that does,nt cure it change the cold start valve on top of the engine near the injector pump and timeing cover as there prone for siezeing up incold weather thease are the cheapest things and the easyest to check first and most of the time cure it if not your injectorpump could be on the way out

hi mate would you say this is the cold start valve which i'v found near the drivers head lamp not near the pumpor what ever it is the wires have burnt out.

right chaps this is what i have done replaced fuel filter put a brand new lift pump on clean all connections on battery starter motor,new battery went to start it just turned over for abit then battery started to go flat put jump leads on for a short while turned it over up she went fired up. put charger on battery showing half charge after taking the thing for aride round block.so the charger is on now gonna wait till fully charged then try and start it and see what happens.

[the_stig 6,614]

if the batterys not fkd is it big enough ? just a thought ...