Hi all for my sins i have a Vectra 1.9 cdit 150 diesel and since the cold weather when the car has been stud over night it starts on 3 cylinders if i press the throttle it goes on4
Has any one else had this happen to the same type of engine or is there some thing i should be looking at before it wont start
Thanks Graham

i had similar prob, turned out to be a lazy glow plug

what kind of job is it to fit new ones this is the first derv car i have had

Have the same problem with my C8 sounds awful when you start it then goes on to 4 and quitens down.

I've got the same engine and had a similar problem (although mine would go to 3 cylinders randomly, even when driving!) It was due to a faulty injector plug and was cured with a good squirt of contact cleaner. You just need to remove the connectors and check the condition of the contacts.

Ed.


[Edited on 3/1/10 by Madinventions]

Diesels in the current UK weather need tip top glowplugs & batteries.

If the injectors have never been serviced and are dirty then all this accumulates into running like a bag of hammers when its cold.

If the injector spray pattern is crap (dirty) when you first start up in the cold the exhasut (if it starts) should be white smoke ie unburnt fuel, that is normal.

If its black thats excess fuel so the metering/injection is possibly adrift.

Pull the glowplugs and give them a clean up, and maybe give it a dose of diesel injector cleaner.

Fit a cut to size cardboard box round your battery to insulate it, the initial early morning cranking is tough on batteries/diesels.


If you have an intermittent misfire that sounds like an injector service is required.

Good luck

Certainly sounds like a glow plug problem.

I had same car. One of the glowplugs snapped on the way out. be careful.
They are also prone to injector leakoff pipes perishing and drawing air in when the engine is off causing long crankingtimes from cold start.
Steve

How do you get to the glowplugs / injectors how is the BIG plastic cover fix on do i just pull it off or is it screwn / bolted on
Thanks
Graham