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modern diesels have a service interval of 12 months or 20k miles
I never believe that an engine oil will last that long as all of the additives get neutralized making the oil useless
Stick to 10k miles or less in extreme conditions and at least every 6 months
Heavy truck diesels are capable of going 30k miles but they don't stop running where as smaller car diesels and light truck suffer constany stops and starts there by cooling down and heating up which is not a good operating environment for an engine
oil and filters are a cheap maintenance mechanic so more often is better than less often
no car stated? some huge NPR truck, What?
no country
why>?
we cant guess lights,ever, we in USA forum are 100% blind.
guess you lost the operators guide book,, oops, fail.
glow plugs bad. (by all means)
filters packed.
start ok with starting fluid spray easy???????
Mate I use to drive a freightliner and it cut out on me one day, I eventually got it started but cut out again after about 5 minutes, I rang a mechanic to come out and he found a heat sensor wire came off the radiator and that caused the motor to cut out... Hope I haven't wasted your time.......
one idea is to tell us what engine it is petrol or diesel
130 is plenty to start a petrol engine so it must be a diesel
Even at that a diesel with good injectors will start if the start rpms from the battery are high enough
so check the injectors and battery condition
Hi. It would be useful to get a code read and some live data from a decent diagnostic tool. There are quite a few possible causes including, pressure in tank - if the fuel tank can't vent pressure then a vacuum will eventually form stopping fuel getting to the engine, this will cause it to loose power and stall. Then after a few mins the pressure will drop and the process start again, easy test is when the car stalls remove filler cap - if that's the fault there will be an audible hiss and the car will start up again.
part blocked exhaust will have same problems but will more generally cause a lack of power and acceleration.
are there other symptoms? i.e only when conering or only when pulling off or stopping, engine light on/off. Jon
which engine, what country> but.... 1: can you save the stall with fast right foot. how many miles will it go, before the stall does it only stall at stop signs?
cant go farther with out that. answer. but can say. the classic 3 ways. 1: bad engine (lots compression hot) 2: lost spark (is it a diesel? ) oops , there is no spark on diesels. 3: lost fuel or too much. there are 3 simple tests to find the 3 ways to fail.
ok and XL 7 but what engine options. gas, diesel, 2L , 2.5L? what? and most important , and never ever 1 time stated on this forum what country. leaping?
im not sure what you are saying. it runs ok cold, and as it warms , the engine. it stalls.? and what does same thing mean.? my guess, it starts fine then stalls; hot. but can you save the stall?
stalling is complex. can be many systems in the car. but can be broken down to : Ever did the 60k mile tune up,ever? if not why not. never skip 60k\'s or the motor will run like garbage.
1: lost electrical power. to EFI . 2: bad engine, in that when it gets hot , it loses compression. 3: lost park. 1 or more cylinders, 4 or 6 you never said. 4: bad injection. 1 or 6 of them, flooding or starving. 5: bad fuel. 6:EGR sticking , usually this happens just before a stop sign. 7: if the stall was a bog and the fast right foot saved the stall, easy the ISC is sticking closed.
Nothing to do with filters or brand of oil this just a brown stuff from bulls story ,without hearing your engine i would assume that its the hydraulic tappets and all you need to do is to add a nice can of STP to the engine oil ,This will stop it and then change oil every 6000 miles and a oil oil filter every third oil change ,use the cheapest oil you can buy prefferably a diesel /petrol type natural or synthetic it doesnt matter and then a can of STP .So whats the problem ??
It sounds like the fuel is gelled, is it cold where you are and what are running for fuel? If your in freezing weather you should be running blended fuel, straight No.2 will gel at about 25 degrees (F). Take a hair dryer or heat gun and warm the fuel filter up. Or if you can get in warm garage and get it started thin the diesel with kerosene, about 2 gallons to 20 gallons of diesel. Then drive it for at least five miles so the kerosene gets circulated through the system. I've used gasoline to do this too, but only use about 1 gallon to 20 gallons of diesel.
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