Diesel coughs when cold starting

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Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby SirGerald » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:24 am

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I have a 2003 Ford Courier 2wd ute which has started to cough and splutter when starting from cold first thing in the morning.

It fires up straight away but coughs and black smoke comes out of the exhaust and then comes right.

After the initial coughing fit it runs perfectly and also starts fine for the rest of the day.

Have heard that a bad batch of diesel can cause this.

Any thoughts??

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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby SirGerald » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:38 pm

Ahh of course, I didn't think about trying that.

Will give it a go next time and see if it improves it :lol:
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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby Lynx » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:13 pm

didnt fords have a glow plug problem, somthing about burning them out real quick???

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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby badnuz » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:39 pm

mite need new glow plugs??? come see me :)
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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby dazza85 » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:18 am

My Toyota did that ... :twisted: :twisted:

Pulled the Glow plugs and tested them
2 good 1 not so good 1 no glow at all
Fitted new ones and no more coughing
So yeah that's what I'd check first
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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby Landy Rover » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:37 am

Ford-Mazda WL engines eat glow plugs!! Problem is the timer stays on for a long time, controled by water temp, you can check this by using a volt meter on the live rail, it will go for 5 min or longer, poor little glow plugs dont like it!! There are Heavy service plugs now available for these engines that last longer.
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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby SirGerald » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:50 am

Cheers everyone for the answers. I'm sure that we changed all of them last winter and we put some decent ones in at the time.

Looks like might be time to do them again and as John says perhaps some bigger and better ones.
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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby SirGerald » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:55 am

Thought I would give you a bit of an update.

Turned out one of the plugs was dead.

Decided to replace all four with some big bad buggers (cheers John for the part numbers) and fires up perfectly now.
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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby Landy Rover » Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:07 pm

No worries. Another way around it is to fit aftermarket glow timer, think they're about $100 or there abouts, easy to fit with adjustable glow time and after glow function.Have done a few. A cheaper alternative in long run and easy on glow plugs. :D :D
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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby bountyhunter » Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:18 pm

Hi all. Dear old girl (2004 Mazda Bounty 2.5 TD, 160,000km) coughing and spluttering when first started for the day, but runs like a clock when warm, so pretty sure the glow plugs will need to be replaced. Can someone please provide me with some part numbers for Heavy Duty glow plugs for this truck and the best place to get them? SirGerald, what did you replace your with, have they worked out well? I am down in Gore so I guess will need to get them sent from somewhere. Thanks

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Re: Diesel coughs when cold starting

Postby SirGerald » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:21 am

We didn't end up adding the timer. From memory we put in the top quality plugs and they seemed to last fine. I honestly can't remember if we got these from Repco or BNT??
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