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You didn't say what year, but almost all hard start and soot problems with a diesel is caused by the glow plugs. Check the underhood fuse block for the glow plug fuse and if it's blown you can replace the fuse and if it blows again replace the glow plugs as well. I hope this helps. Take care.
also You need to remove the fuse panel from the fender well & take out the bolt that HOLD THE FUSE FROM THE BOTOM. I did the same thing to mine first time and ended up paying $50 from the dealer for a new one~
you have a direct short the positave and neg from the battery to the starter motor are touching and would blow an 200 amp fuse,also it could be the starter motor but get it checked out as it could cause a fire.adrian,,,,,,
Make sure that the negative terminal of the battery is well grounded. better to clean their grounding. Check other grounded wires to make sure they are not corroded, and are snugly fit.
might be that there is a defective glow plug there. can be that one of those glow plugs has a prob with its own insulation and is causing a short circuit.
gday im a mechanic i have owned two of these in a lite ace and a tarago there are three possitions that the cam shaft can be aligned and not have valve piston contact the middle one is the right one the two ither side of the correct one cant breath properly smokes badly ,idels rough and extreem lack of power and excessive noise (cam belt one tooth out ) same if injector pump is a tooth out but noisier. you need to remove the fan hub bracket to see the timing mark for the IP drive pully also the injector pump internals can be assembled 180 degrees out resulting in injection at bottom dead centre , extreem noise ,heaps of smoke and will barely move the car in first gear also the crank timing mark is only visible with the front harmonic balance flywheel and timing belt cover removed . answer to the other question why not a rover diesel . the 2ct ues heaps less fuel revvs heaps harder comes factory balanced is heaps quieter and lasts heaps longer there is no contest with the rover diesel the 2ct weighs less to the down side is that the turbo usualy fitted on the 2ct is under sized and very short lived. boosts early for low down torq but is unable to breath at the high revvs that this engine loves. turbo getts too hot at highway speeds and melts bearings if not warmed down . mine has a water cooled turbo of a 2.8 izuzu motor from a trooper/jackeroo im soon fitting this engine and turbo into 79 chrysler scorpion. this engine when decompressed to 17 to one with hot glow plugs handles 30 psi boost, you can get three different thickness head shims for this motor to decompress , ignore petro company propaganda ive done 300,000+ kms burning everything from lard mixed with alchohol to canola and sunflower blended with jet fuel ,petrol, sump waste oil a good injecor pump will feed an engine anything thicker than kerosine so long as its hot(80 to 100degrees c) even lard and sumpoil the thicker the oil the more lubricating and the longer the pump and injectors last so long as the oil is well filtered and free of water
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