Need To Find Pattaya Expert In Diesel Fuel Lines

[Sherlocke]

Whereas I agree that you should always examine the cheapest options first, simply changing part after part is not a rational approach.

Have you made some basic visual and tactile tests?

firstly - have you identified what the"smoke" actually is? - get a cloth and collect some, then work out once and for all if there is water present.

As for air - a garage should be able to make some quick and cheap tests along the fuel line to find out is there is a loss of pressure or air is entering.

My opinion on glow plugs is that in this climate they are virtually redundant. Does the vehicle run normally when it gets to running temperature? If not then it can't be glow plugs.

[Sherlocke]

Whereas I agree that you should always examine the cheapest options first, simply changing part after part is not a rational approach.

Have you made some basic visual and tactile tests?

firstly - have you identified what the"smoke" actually is? - get a cloth and collect some, then work out once and for all if there is water present.

As for air - a garage should be able to make some quick and cheap tests along the fuel line to find out is there is a loss of pressure or air is entering.

My opinion on glow plugs is that in this climate they are virtually redundant. Does the vehicle run normally when it gets to running temperature? If not then it can't be glow plugs.

[Sherlocke]

Whereas I agree that you should always examine the cheapest options first, simply changing part after part is not a rational approach.

Have you made some basic visual and tactile tests?

firstly - have you identified what the"smoke" actually is? - get a cloth and collect some, then work out once and for all if there is water present.

As for air - a garage should be able to make some quick and cheap tests along the fuel line to find out is there is a loss of pressure or air is entering.

My opinion on glow plugs is that in this climate they are virtually redundant. Does the vehicle run normally when it gets to running temperature? If not then it can't be glow plugs.

[Sherlocke]

Whereas I agree that you should always examine the cheapest options first, simply changing part after part is not a rational approach.

Have you made some basic visual and tactile tests?

firstly - have you identified what the"smoke" actually is? - get a cloth and collect some, then work out once and for all if there is water present.

As for air - a garage should be able to make some quick and cheap tests along the fuel line to find out is there is a loss of pressure or air is entering.

My opinion on glow plugs is that in this climate they are virtually redundant. Does the vehicle run normally when it gets to running temperature? If not then it can't be glow plugs.

[PMK]

Ford has that glow plug dashboard light also.

A friend of mine has a ragged old Jeep with a Mitsubishi turbo diesel engine. It likely has a million kilometers on it, as in worn out. It was very difficult to start. It has a glow plug heater light. The light goes out when the plugs are hot. He had to turn the key on and off out three times then it would start. When it did start there was NO white smoke nor was there white smoke while cranking.

[PMK]

Glow plugs. Two were burnt out, which got me a "I told you so." from my mechanic but my other mechanic was insistent to the end that on a Ford diesel,a fuel line problem was the more likely cause. Actually if I had realised before that it was a comparatively inexpensive repair I would have not delayed so long before changing them.

Thanks for all your interest and advice.

[saintofsilence]

also pmk

it could turn out to be the actuall filter head itself,because somtimes the fiter head has a non rtn fuel valve built inside,or the the hand primer on the filter head has broken down inside,this used to be a big problam on the ford 1.8diesel escorts and mondeos,classic non starter in the morning,when if they did eventualy start clouds of white smoke .

Also used to be a common problam on the 0813 ford cargo non starter in the morning,turned out to be the non rtn fuel valve which was on the fuel pump.

Yes i no this vehcle is none of the above but most diesels are run on the same principal.

Hurray, somebodies hit it at last. A lot of (no doubt well meaning) but very worrying & expensive crp spouted above. Glow plugs, cracked heads, injector valves? etc.

Its a Ford & its diesel. Change the fuel filter HOUSING before you do anything else. They are inexpensive. I'd say 90% that'll cure your problem.

Assuming the vehicle isn't centuries old & hasn't covered over 150,000 kms, in Thailand i wouldn't even be interested if the heater plugs were working or not as they are so rarely needed, especially if its a DI or Common rail. (Maybe just a little in Chiang Mai at 5 am in the coldest month)

When it gets this bad, start worrying. (check out Hectors comments)

Glow plugs is it still crp ?