It is my old post delivery car. Very nice car to drive on slippery winter roads. But it never didn't get stuck. Engine swap was made by me as you can see the quality. And it did start pretty good, you can see that on this video. Starter is made by Bosch and it is BIG.
Very nice long cranking , actually the best way to start a diesel like this . By doing this you are building up a lot of heat in the combustion chamber which helps starting , that`s why it`s so hard to start a hard starting diesel with short cranks .
best way is working glowplugs for all 6 cylinders, no air in fuel by a leaking injection pump. also needed are a strong battery and compression:) wont hurt if you have the latter two as well. right? a d or td should NOT be started like this. i would disassemble this engine and made a full refurb before these startups kill it entirely. then cold revs he added.
You can buy supermarkets batteries here, with "Casino" brand typed on it and 1/3 of the bosch price. They are supplied to them by bosch.... Just to say a brand doesn't mean a lot.
michaelovitch Interesting. I always fit the largest battery possible which fit in the battery tray. Just in case you leave lights on or so. Also they last longer, up to at least 7 years in a diesel. They do cost a bit more, but more reliability.
RODALCO2007 Physical size isn't important, i had a battery almost half the size but double the CCA effect, which is the important number to look at when you're starting up your engine. Expensive though, about $400, but damn even when there wasn't enough volts to power the stereo (i powered several amps on it as well) it started the car in one second. Edit: with double the cca i mean for a regular battery @ ~ 600 CCA
Mattias Notmyname True, but usually the bigger batteries have a larger Amp Hour rating and can fit more plates per 2 Volts cell. Some of the smaller high CCA rated batteries have very thin plates and will suffer under a longer then normal crank.
RODALCO2007 mine's 12 years and still works fine. It's a GM battery for an Opel diesel. My parents have a newer Opel with an '06 battery which went dead a few days ago, but after recharging it has now been functioning well for a few days. Fingers crossed that it holds but I suspect not
In North America, this was a one-year wonder: it replaced, for 1986 only, the 760 Turbo Diesel that was sold from 1983-85. The 740/760 Turbo Diesel series in North America: 1983-1985: 764 GLE 1985: 765 GLE 1986: 744 GLE, 745 GLE
nonexistent glowplugs---they are probably dead. or superlow compression. plus no fuel. air in fuel. should start much much better and without cranking. runs okay otherwise....if it starts. can you fix this car up?
Don't worry my 2019 Fiat does exactly the same when I go to start it. Sounds just like it during cranking and idle in fact. Dealer said it was normal. Admittedly mine is a petrol, so that's probably why.
i see ur diesel meter and rpm meter isnt working. the 740's tend to have problems with the instruments, the only thing that doesnt work in my 740 is the gas meter :P does ur speedometer work?
Olisit hehkutellu muutaman kerran enemmän ni olis lähteny muuten laakista. Mulla oli samanlainen 600K ajettu ja seisoi 6kk pihamaalla pakkasessa, hehkuttelin muutaman kerran ja sahailin niin laakista käymään, eikä tarvi sahata starttia paskaks.
its probably the only way to get it started, but he could have put easy start down the air filter, the same stuff they use to start them big old trucks in freezing cold weather :)
22fret Nope in here it is on the right side. but the car was brought here from the UK and the speed meter has taken from other car. originaly this one was a mileage meter.
RHD cars with Km/h speedos are also found in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Possibly India as well. Great 740, I miss mine! Now have a 97 V70 2.5 though :D
eipä se tuossa hyövää se pelkkä hehkuttelu ku polttoaine puolella oli ongelmaa se ei saanu ainetta kunnolla. ja kyllä sitä hehkutin hehku on vaan napilla tuossa. eikä se edelleenkään oo se startti sulanu vaikka sen nuin laittaa. sama startti toimii vieläkin. eri autossa kylläkin paikallaan..
+ProjectOfGames Diesel engines take longer to start because diesel burns at a higher temperature than petrols so it relying on compression rather than spark.
No, it's the diesel, it's quite obviously the diesel, it just has the wrong cluster on it, like the guy said on another comment thread. And yeah, I know this is an ancient comment :/
