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Don’t forget “Wait to Start” or How you can find out ”It’s time to replace heater plugs” Leave a comment

Don’t forget “Wait to Start” special in Winter time

OR How you can find out “It’s time to replace heater plugs“…

starting diesel car in winter

”Oh No” If you hear a clicking noise when you try to start your vehicle, a broken or weakened starter could be the reason why your car isn’t starting at the first time.  Diesel Car Won’t Start when turning the ignition key or have a long starting.

The most likely reason could be the Diesel engines are about five times harder to start at 0 degrees C than at 80 degrees C due to thicker oil and the cold weather causing the resistance to movement of internal moving parts. Diesel engines need to WARM UP.

winter car frost hard to start

You should let your engine idle for a little while to warm up before getting underway. The diesel will not warm to operating temperature until it is under load. You should let the engine idle long enough to fully circulate the oil—30 SECONDS IS PLENTY.

The compression on its own causes enough heat to ignite the diesel and air mixture in the cylinder. However, the heat of the engine is also a factor in the fuel ignition.

If this never happened to you just be aware now, because many diesels will still start when they cold even though you didn’t wait. Most of people have no idea about ”Wait to Start”.

If you Don’t Wait to Start most likely you will get the problems with starting because it’s causing long starting & wearing the starter.

car starter

This includes waiting for the “Wait To Start” light to go off, which could take up to 15 seconds or longer, depending on the temperature within the combustion chamber. After the “Wait To Start” light has gone out, attempt to crank the engine, but for no more than 30 seconds.

Tips for you ..

Did you have try to warm up your car before starting about 2 or 3 times and it was starting much much smoother?

Then this is sign it is the time to replace your old heater plugs.

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