I'm new to my Qash had it about 5 months. Its a 14 plate so the new shape. 1.6 Diesel.
Cold starting in the mornings after a frost is proving a struggle. I have the push buttion start model, Manual gears.
I assumed that when I pushed the button that the car would wait and heat via glowplugs before turning over.
I seems the car tries to start right away and tries about 3 cycles before firing.
Am I doing something wrong?
Starting in the Cold
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Wow that's great, ill try that next time. Is that in the manual as the preferred method?
Don't know about that, as I don't have a diesel anymore, but thats what I used to do when I did have a Tekna 1.5 dci.
It makes sense that you have to have the coil at enough temperature to ignite the fuel and obviously this takes a little longer in cold weather.
It makes sense that you have to have the coil at enough temperature to ignite the fuel and obviously this takes a little longer in cold weather.
I don't know how about the manual but CVT does the job itself after you attempt to start the car Brake + Start button (during engine start delay glow plugs are engaged). Starting ignition prior engine start is useless.Brill wrote:We have the diesel automatic model and I always get in, press the start button, then while I am putting my seatbelt on and adjusting seat, mirror etc (because the wife has been driving it) it starts.
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I have a 1.5dci tekna and don't have to do the double start thing??? When I press clutch and start button my car waits itself until the coil warming light goes out before firing the engine.
On a warm day engine fires almost straight away, on a cold day it takes a few seconds until the car fires the engine
On a warm day engine fires almost straight away, on a cold day it takes a few seconds until the car fires the engine
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Correct. In general it may feel more rough starting engine in the winter time, however, if you feel it's really struggling better have it checked. The best is if you could compare your car to the same model of someone else, or if you record short video and ask someone to do the same so you can see it yourselfBWA wrote:I have a 1.5dci tekna and don't have to do the double start thing??? When I press clutch and start button my car waits itself until the coil warming light goes out before firing the engine.
On a warm day engine fires almost straight away, on a cold day it takes a few seconds until the car fires the engine
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