22-06-2014, 10:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 22-06-2014, 02:16 PM by Mattinthehat.)
Yep started first time with a jump - heading to get a new battery now and my mate will check the alternator :-)
Ok so battery was checked and was found to be ok and so was the alternator, (results were 14-14.5v on idle and 11-12v when it was switched so within the norm)
Im taking it to a diesel engine expert on Monday eve (friend of a friend) but from the symptoms i have described he thinks its may be crap from the first filter on its way out that has hit the hp pump...
Incidentally I have just found out that if i rev the bollocks of it and red line briefly 2/3 times then switch off it pretty much fires up first time afterwards - someone else (another mechanic) - suggested it may need a higher amp battery..??
I will speak with the expert tomorrow eve if he can sort it then its happy days and im keeping the shed! if not then i will probably break it and buy another one with fewer issues!
Ok so battery was checked and was found to be ok and so was the alternator, (results were 14-14.5v on idle and 11-12v when it was switched so within the norm)
Im taking it to a diesel engine expert on Monday eve (friend of a friend) but from the symptoms i have described he thinks its may be crap from the first filter on its way out that has hit the hp pump...
Incidentally I have just found out that if i rev the bollocks of it and red line briefly 2/3 times then switch off it pretty much fires up first time afterwards - someone else (another mechanic) - suggested it may need a higher amp battery..??
I will speak with the expert tomorrow eve if he can sort it then its happy days and im keeping the shed! if not then i will probably break it and buy another one with fewer issues!