04 D4D Hot Start Trouble - Anyone Used Oem / Rmf Starters

[billhampton]

Another D4d with hot start issues. 2.0L 54 Reg 55,000 mi

Usually starts Ok but sometimes when hot needs a lot of cranking and shakes until it starts. Fine once started. No engine fault codes.

Cold start sounds a bit slow and laboured as well so I feel starter is suspect. I shall now treat the car to a new Battery as current one is 4 years + so owes me little but am looking around for starter motors in case the Battery is no help.

With Mr T's motors at around the £300 mark I would like something cheaper. As replacement in this model seems common I feel I should avoid ex scrapyard unless I got one to get refurbished - if its possible these days as my local man went a while ago. There are several places on e-bay either offering OEM or RMF substitutes sub £100. Has anyone any experiences of these? Do they fit just as easily ie do the existing cables reach and fit without modification? And has anyone experienced reliability problems?

For those with cold start issues - glow plugs were my issue last year. Bad starting with white smoke when weather was sub zero. Warning light came on when only 1 plug remained working - by then it was obviously only firing on one cylinder. Changed all four - fixed! Had to get a 3/8" long reach socket to get one of them out as a fuel pipe obstructed use of 1/2". Possibly all the cold start cranking last winter is bringing on premature starter retirement.

Cheers

[igormus]

Another D4d with hot start issues. 2.0L 54 Reg 55,000 mi

Usually starts Ok but sometimes when hot needs a lot of cranking and shakes until it starts. Fine once started. No engine fault codes.

Cold start sounds a bit slow and laboured as well so I feel starter is suspect. I shall now treat the car to a new battery as current one is 4 years + so owes me little but am looking around for starter motors in case the battery is no help.

With Mr T's motors at around the £300 mark I would like something cheaper. As replacement in this model seems common I feel I should avoid ex scrapyard unless I got one to get refurbished - if its possible these days as my local man went a while ago. There are several places on e-bay either offering OEM or RMF substitutes sub £100. Has anyone any experiences of these? Do they fit just as easily ie do the existing cables reach and fit without modification? And has anyone experienced reliability problems?

For those with cold start issues - glow plugs were my issue last year. Bad starting with white smoke when weather was sub zero. Warning light came on when only 1 plug remained working - by then it was obviously only firing on one cylinder. Changed all four - fixed! Had to get a 3/8" long reach socket to get one of them out as a fuel pipe obstructed use of 1/2". Possibly all the cold start cranking last winter is bringing on premature starter retirement.

Cheers

check with an alternator and its output.

I might to have such issue due to SCV stem plays with you depending on the lifting force in solenoid.

cheers/Igor

[billhampton]

Another D4d with hot start issues. 2.0L 54 Reg 55,000 mi

Usually starts Ok but sometimes when hot needs a lot of cranking and shakes until it starts. Fine once started. No engine fault codes.

Cold start sounds a bit slow and laboured as well so I feel starter is suspect. I shall now treat the car to a new battery as current one is 4 years + so owes me little but am looking around for starter motors in case the battery is no help.

Cheers

check with an alternator and its output.

I might to have such issue due to SCV stem plays with you depending on the lifting force in solenoid.

cheers/Igor

Alternator seems fine. 14.0V at cigar socket at idle with headlights, rear dimister on and most likely glow plugs still on as was zero c outside.

[cmia]

if the starter motor is labouring

or slow

change it

[billhampton]

I have changed the Battery which has greatly improved matters, but engine can still hestitate to start when hot. The old Battery was 8 years old and looked to be low on fluid.

I have now ordered a replacement SCV valve. I have seen on YouTube how to replace the valve on the twin valve pump ( Red and Green ) but I have the single valve type ( 22100-0G010 / denso Hu264000-0061) . Please can anyone confirm that it is the same simple matter of unbolting, prising out them fitting the new one back it - whilst keeping everthing very clean and putting a dab of oil on the seals? I guess a pump up of the priming pump would be useful as well.

[irishjay]

Did you check with Toyota was there a recall for this vehicle ? i had the same intermittent problem and there was a recall for my particular car at the time , seemed to work

[irishjay]

Did you check with Toyota was there a recall for this vehicle ? i had the same intermittent problem and there was a recall for my particular car at the time , seemed to work

[irishjay]

Did you check with Toyota was there a recall for this vehicle ? i had the same intermittent problem and there was a recall for my particular car at the time , seemed to work