Ford Escort 1.8TD cold start attemp -18C

No luck this time. I had to walk to work in the cold and I was 30 minutes late :). Luckily I got a ride back. I got a new cable and the car is running again. I think these cars always have weak starters but I'm not sure if they should be this slow.. It cranks real slow even on summer on any battery.
I still hope you find some interest in this video. At least should be fun to watch in the summer when it's been +25C for a month in a row :).

[@1SYZAC]

I know that the video is a year old, but ....
First (as I was told) when starting the car whether it is winter or summer, people are wrong when starting the engine as soon as the glow plug light goes out - what you should do is wait for the relay to ("click") turn the heaters off. I know this, because I have done the same mistake couple of times-started the car before the "click" and destroyed the heaters. This is due to a cold oil being poured onto the hot heaters, they expand and crack. Correct procedure in winter should be 2 cycles of heating and on the 3 cycle starting the car , I hope this little tip helps someone

[@huskyhunk31]

Great vid, it gets REALLY close really fast...

[@jamierose252]

Escorts are still good still see some of them around sometimes.

[@TheDivineImpulse]

you can put a hair drier under the hood of the car and let it go for 2 hours in the morning, u can use a programmable timer plug thing

[@MrMegaescort]

you sound like ari vatanen ;)

[@KarimErrytouny]

I have the same car, always thought that I had a bad starter, it cranks really slow even in summer and on a new battery. Once the starter motor failed and I fitted a good one, but never solved the problem. I also noticed that when the engine is warm (on operating temps) it gets way slower to re-start up, very weird.

[@user-lv8bw9kl3h]

Its not weird, the compression is bigger when the engine is warm. So its harder to crank.

[@tropicallover19]

You need to try and put glow plugs in it.

[@lorenzozenzo6050]

I use external gas to warming up the engine

[@Opinionator52]

I hope you were able to something out to it to warm it up soon after the video was made! That's really cold! :o]
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[@sunppaa]

I borrowed a friend's car and went to buy a new cable :)!

[@kelesgejza7336]

check alternator

[@nikolakurjakovic2188]

starting really bad. check mine cold start of old citroen zx td at minus 25 or more.

[@artyz3242]

makia :D

[@TheZangose]

frozen diesel :)

[@kompmon]

Your problem is battery...

[@antonjaha3468]

Batery ist old

[@alexiuhas247]

hahahahahaha