Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Hi fella's,
I have a '98. 5 CTD that I've owned for almost 2 years, in that time it has always started within 2 seconds of turning the key, it would just burst into life. Sunday I went out to start it and it wouldn't. After resetting the key and carefully watching the start light I tried again, and again until I finally held the key for what must have been ten seconds and it started. I have tried this several times and it's always the same when cold, when hot it starts a little better, however if I turn it off and wait an hour I'm back to cranking again (before if I waited five or six hours between starts it would start as if I had just turned it off).
Any ideas of things a guy with no diesel experience could check before a trip to the dealer?
Thanks- Mark 206-909-8877
On an unrelated note; how does one put a signature on his posts?
I have a '98. 5 CTD that I've owned for almost 2 years, in that time it has always started within 2 seconds of turning the key, it would just burst into life. Sunday I went out to start it and it wouldn't. After resetting the key and carefully watching the start light I tried again, and again until I finally held the key for what must have been ten seconds and it started. I have tried this several times and it's always the same when cold, when hot it starts a little better, however if I turn it off and wait an hour I'm back to cranking again (before if I waited five or six hours between starts it would start as if I had just turned it off).
Any ideas of things a guy with no diesel experience could check before a trip to the dealer?
Thanks- Mark 206-909-8877
On an unrelated note; how does one put a signature on his posts?
