When I start my Mondeo it feels as though it's not blipping the throttle a little during starting as you'd expect. Instead of the engine firing straightaway with a little "rev" before dropping to idle, what happens is the starter motor spins it up to a touch below idle speed, making the engine kind of chunter into life over two or three seconds. If I let go of the key too soon the engine dies again, but it will always start immediately on the second attempt.
It starts as it should do if I switch on the ignition first and wait 4 seconds for all the warning lights to go out, but a common-rail diesel won't be using the glowplugs in this weather will it? (UK, between 10-25C) It won't let me use the accelerator to "help" it start either, as it's fly-by-wire and it doesn't enable the pedal until a couple of seconds after starting the engine.
Is there a solenoid or something that should be tweaking air or fuel settings during start-up, but isn't? It's only slightly annoying at the moment, but I like to nip these things in the bud.
Car had fully synth oil and all filters changed at 112.5k in March, now on 117.4k miles. Been using Millers for a couple of months in the fuel. Runs sweetly with loads of power/torque and 54mpg average. Burns no oil. No DPF.
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