Car struggles starting in cold weather

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Soph93smith
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Our car is having difficulty starting when it is cold weather. I wait till the glow plug light goes out before starting the car and it still struggles, sometimes even not starting until
The battery is drained from repeating it... As soon as the car has started its fine for the whole day and starts fine each time. It is only when it's below about 5 degrees outside first. Thing in the morning.

We took it to one garage and they said they couldn't find a problem. We then took it to another garage and they said 3 out the 4 glow plugs had failed. They changed these and the car is still struggling to start.. Any ideas?

gvmdaddy
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Post by gvmdaddy »

Use the search facility at the top of the forum, there has been quite a bit written about this already. How old is the car, it sounds like your battery may not be holding a full charge.
Soph93smith
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I've tried searching I can't see anything... It's 2011 plate
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Gel
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Search "starting engine" :o
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