s60 d5 starting up problem

[boost junky!]

Hi all, after a little advice! Bought a 2002 s60 d5 a week ago. Lovely car but it takes quite a while to start up and this moring took several attempts to start. Fired up eventually and seemed to help when i gave it a little throttle? Has anyone else had this problem? Many thanks!

[outnumbered]

Originally Posted by boost junky!

Hi all, after a little advice! Bought a 2002 s60 d5 a week ago. Lovely car but it takes quite a while to start up and this moring took several attempts to start. Fired up eventually and seemed to help when i gave it a little throttle? Has anyone else had this problem? Many thanks!

when was it last serviced, look to the fuel filter first.
mike

[Thassos]

I recall that the early 2002/2003 ? D5's had troubles with the injectors which showed up in the colder weather starting, might be wrong but do a search on injectors D5

There are quite a lot of posts on cold starting possible causes, heres one i found on injectors

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=107349

[boost junky!]

Hi guys, apparantly it was serviced approx 1000miles ago, tho i could have been duped there i guess! If it was an injector problem wouldnt it affect the cars running as well as the start up?

[obbard]

Originally Posted by boost junky!

Hi guys, apparantly it was serviced approx 1000miles ago, tho i could have been duped there i guess! If it was an injector problem wouldnt it affect the cars running as well as the start up?

It generally just affects start up as I understand it:, the injector becomes worn, too much fuel passes and it cannot build enough pressure for the ECU/sensors to fire the engine. (very delicate!!)

Too much fuel on these quantities will be hardly noticeable on daily driving and will run fine, mine got to 15-20 seconds before starting on occasions, but ran fine daily.

[boost junky!]

Was yours the d5 too? what did you do to fix the problem? thanks for all your replies!

[obbard]

Originally Posted by boost junky!

Was yours the d5 too? what did you do to fix the problem? thanks for all your replies!

Mine is a d5,163 I had leak test done by my local Volvo indy, for about £40, which highlighted the 'bad' injector. Thought Id get the professional in for that bit.

Sourced a second had one for £80 from a low mileage car (new ones were about £300 each!, so thought would take the risk) and just removed the old and put in the new. took about 20mins to do, much quicker and easier than I thought!

From what I have read, do not go for reconditioned injectors as seem more problematic, I got mine from fleabay in the end, just kept looking until I found one at right price, local scrap yards were charging about £100.

If you have just one or two that are leaking, you do NOT need to have the engine management system reset and the system will do this itself as a self diagnosis over the first few hundred miles!

Ususal dont take my word for it, not my fault if goes wrong etc etc

[boost junky!]

Thanks for the advice obbard, i shall have to get myself down to sw autos as its only 20mins away and see what he can do for me in the way of a leak test. £300 each? lol its almost a write off if you had to get a whole new row of injectors and pay for fitting too!

[outnumbered]

Originally Posted by boost junky!

Thanks for the advice obbard, i shall have to get myself down to sw autos as its only 20mins away and see what he can do for me in the way of a leak test. £300 each? lol its almost a write off if you had to get a whole new row of injectors and pay for fitting too!

if you are going the leak test way back this up with a injector test that they should be able to do with the volvo diagnostic equipment they have. get the results off both tests if you go down that route then post them up.
mike

[obbard]

Originally Posted by outnumbered

if you are going the leak test way back this up with a injector test that they should be able to do with the volvo diagnostic equipment they have. get the results off both tests if you go down that route then post them up.
mike

Good call outnumbered