Another newbie from Cheshire !

[GentlemanJacko]

Attempt at pic no2 !!!!

[Banshee]

Welcome buddy!!! That's a lovely looking truck

What tax bracket is that one in? I know around that age they just from £200 ish a year to £500

Good lad for paying your subs, and ask away if you have any questions, I'm not going to bore with babble but you'll soon realise what a place this is, our members are some of the best people I've ever had the pleasure to meet in my life

[GentlemanJacko]

Thanks again guys ! Banshee it works out at £309 monthly tax, so not to bad. Yeah she looks nice but already got problems though !!! Won't cold start this morning hope it's not the start of things to come.

[emjaybee]

Nice truck!

Someone on here will be able to sort your problems.

Fret not.

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by GentlemanJacko

Thanks again guys ! Banshee it works out at £309 monthly tax, so not to bad. Yeah she looks nice but already got problems though !!! Won't cold start this morning hope it's not the start of things to come.

Will be an easy fix mate!!!!

I presume you're running it on straight Diesel? Reason I ask is because so of us run ours on Cooking Oil

Did you allow the glow plug light to illuminate and then go out before attempting to start? I always allow mine to go out but if you wait for a further 10-15 seconds you'll hear the glow plug relay click indicating that the glow plugs are no longer getting power. I always wait for the click. Annoyingly Nissan mounted the relay in between the inner wing and outer wing and picks up loads of road crap that can rot the conenctor and terminals of the relay, I had to repair mine not too long ago.

When it did finally start, was it lumpy idling until warm?

[GentlemanJacko]

Bought it of a dealer yesterday. Running it on diesel, ran fine yesterday to get me home from Leeds to Cheshire. The dealer was moving another 4x4 next to it yesterday when we arrived so perhaps he's jump started it. I did wait for the glow plug light to go off but the battery has died off quite quickly now, but was turning over quite strongly.

[GentlemanJacko]

Rang the dealer, they said spray easy start into the air intake and hey presto it started with a jump start. They reckon it'll be plugs and I'll have to take it back to them to be fitted !!!!

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by GentlemanJacko

Bought it of a dealer yesterday. Running it on diesel, ran fine yesterday to get me home from Leeds to Cheshire. The dealer was moving another 4x4 next to it yesterday when we arrived so perhaps he's jump started it. I did wait for the glow plug light to go off but the battery has died off quite quickly now, but was turning over quite strongly.

OK so that sounds to me like the battery is duff or the alternator isn't charging it back up enough.

Do you have as multimeter handy and know how to use one?

[GentlemanJacko]

My neighbour just plugged one of those testers into the cigarette lighter power point and it's read 14.4 with the engine running ?

[emjaybee]

Originally Posted by GentlemanJacko

My neighbour just plugged one of those testers into the cigarette lighter power point and it's read 14.4 with the engine running ?

You need to read the voltage AT the battery while it's running, then read the battery voltage after its been sat turned off for a while. The cigarette lighter isn't wired DIRECTLY to the battery.

If the battery won't hold a charge it doesn't matter how good the alternator is, and if there's a poor connection to the battery the alternator won't charge the battery properly.

[jims-terrano]

Welcome aboard, nice looking truck. If you need a battery I got one from Halfords the other week. Yuasa they started off at £119 and then after asking if they could discount it I got it for £99.

Also check the battery terminals, think theres a download regarding these in quick links. The cable basically breaks where the terminal attaches.

[GentlemanJacko]

Tested with multimeter, 14.4v running and 13v stood ? So seems like the alternator is putting charge into it ?

[zephyr]

Welcome GJ, your car looks nice! Hope you'll be able to sort it out sooner.

Originally Posted by jims-terrano

Yuasa they started off at £119 and then after asking if they could discount it I got it for £99.

Have they offered discounted price in the shop?

[GentlemanJacko]

Garage has said if I get a quote for new glow plug's fitted they'd supply the plugs and pay them to be fitted locally to save me traveling back ! .....or maybe they don't fancy taking on the job themselves

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by GentlemanJacko

Tested with multimeter, 14.4v running and 13v stood ? So seems like the alternator is putting charge into it ?

Perfect!!!! In which case yep it's going to be the plugs

You can expect to pay about £10 a plug if you end up taking the hit on them. We always recommend using metal tipped ones as the ceramic can break off when they fail and drop into the engine causing damage. Best ones I've found so far are Lucas LP079.

Easy to replace, whip the intercooler off, x2 14mm nuts, x2 14mm bolts, tuck the two large black water pipes out of the way and use a long reach 12mm socket on an extension bar staying square on the plugs at all times.

Be very careful as if they have been in there a while they may have seized and will break off into the head requiring them to be drilled out.

This is what happens with ceramic tipped plugs;




And this is what a working plug should look like attached to a set of jump leads, negative one onto the threaded body and touch the top tip with the positive, check for even glow from tip to base