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 Topic: Poor/non starting of motorhome
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08/8/2015 at 9:48pm
Location: West Midlands
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Slack or slipping alternator drive belt?
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08/8/2015 at 10:14pm
Location: Lichfield
Outfit: Coachman Amara 450
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When you turn the ignition key is the engine actually turning over or not?
If not then a battery condition gauge for under a tenner may help as this will tell you if the battery is defective or not.
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08/8/2015 at 10:22pm
Location: Liverpool
Outfit: IH TIO R
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you do not mention mileage! if it is rather high then I would suggest you change the glow plugs, on the other hand if it starts well in cold weather, then it may be something else, ie poor compression, diesels rely on good compression to start.
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08/8/2015 at 11:40pm
Location: Rhyl North Wales
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Do you mean that after an extended use or journey that the van won't turn over?
I had a problem with a Fiat Ducato 1.9 diesel, after it had about an hour or more constant driving, when we stopped and tried to restart the the van nothing happened, the battery had a full charge but turn the key and there was nothing happening at the starter motor, we usually had to wait about 30 minutes before we could restart the van and all was normal.
In our case it turned out that excessive heat from the engine bay was causing issues with the starter motor windings soaking up heat and expanding, this was what the AA patrol who attended on the third time of this happening told us, he had a look at the starter motor and the heat shield was missing.
On this particular van the starter was right next to the exhaust downpipe, a quick trip to a van breakers provided us with a heat shield off a Fiat Scudo with the same engine and we never suffered with this problem again.
Edited to add if you google starter motor heat soak it's a common problem.
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09/8/2015 at 9:53am
Location: WEST DORSET
Outfit: Nissan NV200
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Changing the glow plugs, starter motor problems, poor compression. All or any are possible. Get it checked out by a good grease monkey. Ciao
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09/8/2015 at 10:19am
Location: central scotland
Outfit: aztec cantera 9 vango tamor500 vango
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Does the engine crank over quickly, or does it struggle to turn over? If it turns over quickly, but does not catch, suspect the glow plugs or an air leak in a fuel line. If it is sluggish to turn over suspect a problem in the electrical side of it.
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09/8/2015 at 5:39pm
Location: london
Outfit: Elddis marquis majestic 185
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I would get an auto electrician to see if there is a battery drain when the engine is not running, this is quite simple to do and should not cost too much. You can do it yourself its quite easy with a a multi meter.
I assume that the habitation battery is not in anyway connected to the starter battery?
You mentioned that the earth leads have all been checked- did you also get the earth lead from the engine to the chassis checked( you can only do this from underneath the van)? Ducatos have a reputation for this earth lead corroding or coming loose. I think there is a thread on this somewhere.
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16/8/2015 at 12:06am
Location: london
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It would be nice to know what the final problem was and the solution?
Basa
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