cold starting problem!

[leroiandjayne]

greetings, having a bit of a prob getting me bus started in this cold weather,dont remeber it being this bad last year cos it wasnt as cold but shes turning over for a good few mins before she properly fires up,when she does im greeted with large cloud of dark grey smoke then thins after a few more seconds,its 1.6 turbo diesel only done 70k from new,also have noticed on warmer days my glow lights only flash on for sec and she fires up almost instantly? any clues anyone? thanks in advance.

[jason k]

are you using the cold start lever?

[leroiandjayne]

where do i find it?diddnt even know its got one how dim am i eh,had the bus three years now and havent heard of it, how embarrasing!!!!!

[leroiandjayne]

well what a complete idiot i feel!! havent got a manual as such only the diesel engine pocket jobby but have deduced that what iv always thought was the spare wheel release thingy to the left of the steering wheel is said cold start lever ha ha.just pulled it out and the spare never dropped off and she fired up immediatly with hardly any smoke heh heh. many thanks for your reply jason,genius mate genius!.

[kevtherev]

jeez man, how embarrassing.

Jason?.. he's just a fugly lad from the valleys.

[leroiandjayne]

tell me about it kev,never felt like such a peanut in all me life ha ha!,ah well ya live n learn eh,as you can probably tell im not exactly mechanically minded but i can make computers dance n that sort of stuff but they dont use oil eh.