Diesel C5 Starting problem

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Thompatruck
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Diesel C5 Starting problem

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A colleague's C5 will start fine after being left for a few hours but if he tries to start it within an hour of using the car it refuses to start. Any ideas?

Duff glowplugs?
RichardW
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What ever it is, I'm pretty sure it won't be the glow plugs. It could be the low pressure pump - try wheeler's trick of whacking it under the tank whilst cranking. Otherwise, I suspect it will need to go on the diag computer when it's doing it so that the live data can be read to see what is amiss :cry:
Richard W