cavalier 1.7TD COLD START PROBS

[phalinmegob]

my m reg cav td does not want to start anymore after it has been standing for a few hours.had glow plugs changed and relay checked.cleared water from fuel filter.i have been told that fuel could be running back into the tank..how the hell do i solve this.any idea's

 

[Bob Dodds]

If its got good few miles on it and starts worse when its cold then its probably the valve clearances. When I had one it gave exactly the same problems and advice from this news group said to get the valve clearances checked. They are set with shims and a shim kit cost more than getting it done at a garage at the time. After that it was like having a new car with it starting first turn of the key.

The only other time I had bad starting was after a fuel filter change. It really needs to be screwed up tight on the seal and the seal on the heater above it if its been disturbed, or air leaks in to the filter bowl. This one was obvious as the I had just changed the filter.

Bob

 

[egondalia]

Its def the Shims, I had the same problem. I am no mechanic, actually never done any car work, but I managed to take off the top cover and change the shims. Get the book, it pretty much tell you have to do it. The hardest part is getting the new shim sizes correct. I found that even after using the table in the book, I still had to get slightly smaller shims then required, after checking the current gap spaces.

I have another problem, I took off my passenger side, drive shaft to change the CV joint (cause I couldn't get it off the wheel part.) Now I have refitted the shaft, it make a bad vibrating noise, more so when turning right, any ideas would be welcome'd.

Eilz