320touring Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 A big drop in temps up here this week, coupled to some pretty snow today meant I could make a cold start video of the 306. Thought I'd pap up a thread here with it for a laugh - feel free to post up your own cars or vids you find on the net! makes a change from the usual train/truck ones- so please keep it car only:) She took 2 heats, and knocked like an old Cummins before settling down to a claggy idle. rantingYoof, mercrocker, solid61 and 9 others 12
Lacquer Peel Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Neeeeds new glow plugs! Sounds healthy enough once it settles though. 320touring and Sigmund Fraud 2
hairnet Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 very heavy frost here and -3 till lunchtime - didnt chance the bike and glad i didnt as turned into gate at work - mahoosive understeer on ice and diesel at 5 mph took the visa to work deiced it then went out to it and had to de ice it 5 mins later started 2nd go but lots of steam - looked like it was on fire made work (on a clock) with about 30 secs to spare 320touring 1
320touring Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 Neeeeds new glow plugs! Sounds healthy enough once it settles though.They're on a list, somewhere;) I just liked the knocking when it was cold.. Dick Cheeseburger and mercrocker 2
JohnK Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 That 306 puts my Civic diesel to shame. I snapped a video will upload later if I get chance. It struggled a bit this morning. 320touring 1
chaseracer Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 205D not particularly thrilled at cold-start requests. Blingo shrugs (ie. flashes orange piggytail light briefly) and fires up. RELIABUBBLE. rantingYoof 1
Inspector Morose Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 BX - EUGH! IT'S COLD! I DON'T WANT TO START! chugga chugga chugga. Panda - Ooh it's a bit chilly. Oh well. Starts as normal.
beko1987 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Mine started at 9am this morning on probably 90% veg, wasn't too bad, might chuck another 20 litres on top for next week (may see what tomorrow morning at 0710 is like first)
fordperv Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Mine are petrol and started without fault, 1/10 I iz doin it rong The Moog 1
twosmoke300 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Mine started at 9am this morning on probably 90% veg, wasn't too bad, might chuck another 20 litres on top for next week (may see what tomorrow morning at 0710 is like first)That's its - put more veg in until it fails then moan about it 😄 michael1703, beko1987 and Lacquer Peel 3
dome Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Behold the majesty of an old Merc in -1 degrees this morning with a dicky glow plug... videocompress-071-MOV_0575.mp4 forddeliveryboy 1
dome Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Dammit, can someone embed that? Trying to do it via mobile as Plusnet are fucking useless...
agw9262 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 You'd be having a whale of a time here in not-so-sunny-Sweden, we got -20 late last week but luckily it's warmed up now, bathing suit weather at -12. I reckon you'd still be cranking em next month... Squire_Dawson 1
mat_the_cat Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Glad to see I'm not the only one who does that! Here's the van, temperature around freezing: Here's the BX a couple of years ago at -6 °C - the doors had frozen shut! Dreadful filming and you can barely hear the engine IIRC I did the video after someone on a forum said they were having BX starting troubles, and one of the responses was that they shouldn't expect an old car to start easily in the winter unless you keep it in a heated garage! After reading that I had to prove a point... Lastly the Focus, when in the Alps a couple of years ago. Would guess the temperature to be around -5 °C or so, possible colder. Again you can barely hear the engine and no clag shot! forddeliveryboy, Dick Cheeseburger and Lacquer Peel 3
Cavcraft Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 I bet my 306 will give your TD a run for the money when it's cold, Neil!
Lacquer Peel Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Yeah, an old IDI diesel shouldn't struggle in low temperatures if the glow plugs are healthy, some of the cold diesel cranking videos on youtube make me cringe... I used my 405 TD estate through one of the worst winters I've ever experienced, blending veg oil and petrol, overnight temperatures down to -23C and daytime averages not breaking -10C and it started perfectly throughout. forddeliveryboy 1
rml2345 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Neither diesel or video, but the Tiny Citroën had a go... Lacquer Peel, Squire_Dawson, beko1987 and 1 other 4
Dick Cheeseburger Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Great thread. I'd add my derv startup, but it's still like summer* here in Cornwall. Mrs TW a proper perv - I told her about the video and she asked me to show her as she wanted to hear it. She's a keeper. 320touring 1
forddeliveryboy Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Great exhaust sound from the mat_the_cat MB - a five potter, I'm guessing? Was waiting for the right foot for the full experience, though... Similar to LP - started fine every day on veg (used RS) and about 5% petrol, 10% diesel through that cold winter a few years ago, only -18C down here. Wish we had Norway's tax understanding with kero. Lacquer Peel and mat_the_cat 2
michael1703 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 "CLAG" in our household is the word we use for the Klingons hanging from the cats arse For Fiats Sake and Eddie Honda 2
bub2006 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Van did the usual ritual of starting when cold,ignition on,light goes out and fires up with a bit of smoke and a slight touch of throttle to even out the idle.
mat_the_cat Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Great exhaust sound from the mat_the-cat MB - a five potter, I'm guessing? Was waiting for the right foot for the full experience, though... If you want a bit of revving then this is it just after I put a new head on: Actually a 6 pot, and yes, the exhaust note is part of the appeal
forddeliveryboy Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Actually a 6 pot, and yes, the exhaust note is part of the appeal Meant to refer to dome's Merc, not your LT (much as I covet it) If you're going to do engine work on a 6 pot German diesel, why not: (skip to 12seconds to avoid annoying intro)
Eddie Honda Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 "CLAG" in our household is the word we use for the Klingons hanging from the cats arse Clag, dangleberries or tagnuts aren't words exclusively for cats either: {callmybluff]And your word Mr. Muir is WINNETS[/callmybluff] beko1987 and Bren 2
320touring Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 lol re clagbegone!a biz classic. with luck I'll get an e30 clag video tomorrow:)
beko1987 Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 I had a go this morning! -7 Nae bother! Even on high veg content Was a bit smokey on idle though, that cleared after a mile or so and I had to scrape the inside of the windscreen almost as much as the outside And 25 miles/40 minutes later at work it hadn't melted the frost on the bonnet. Both footwells that are usually wet are frozen solid though atm! 320touring and Dick Cheeseburger 2
Bren Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 Clag, dangleberries or tagnuts aren't words exclusively for cats either:{callmybluff]And your word Mr. Muir is WINNETS[/callmybluff]I remember buying the edition of viz with that in it - sept.1989. beko1987 and Eddie Honda 2
320touring Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 Good effort Beko- sounds a lot less dieselly knocky than mine. I reckon some new glowplugs are in order for the 306 beko1987 1
derskine Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 If only the 18's timing belt hadn't snapped, I would have wowed you all with the clattery blue haze. beko1987 and 320touring 2
beko1987 Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 Good effort Beko- sounds a lot less dieselly knocky than mine. I reckon some new glowplugs are in order for the 306Mine had them not long before I bought it apparently, even the (I quote) "Bastard one", so I presume the seller didn't lie!
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