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[andyboy]

hi can anyone tell me were the glow plug relay is located on an omega 2.5 gls td,and whot does it look like
cheers

[VXL V6]

If it's the same as a 2.2DTi it'll be in the top of the triangular relay box by the side of the battery. 

[andyboy]

cheers mate ,,havin problems starting in morning ,,can the fuel run back in the 2.5td causing this ,,

[andyboy]

once i give a squirt of easy start its fine starting the rest of the day

[TheBoy]

once i give a squirt of easy start its fine starting the rest of the day

Don't use EZStart, it will make it a bastard to start.

What are the glow plugs like?  Does giving it a few cycles of glowplugs help?

[TheBoy]

And check condition of leak-off pipes

[symes]

I would say its your glow plugs on way out mate IMHO  and as TB says-leak off pipes

[andyboy]

cheers guys ,,were can i find the leakoff pipes

[andyboy]

if the batterys well up it will eventualy start after about 5 0r 6 minutes..bought a multimeter to check plugs ,,but not sure how to use them lol im a plasterer so not to good with the technical side of cars  help     

[Marks DTM Calib]

easistart will slowly be making starting harder due to the engine damage it causes.

Given the starting diffuclty, I would be going with air getting in the system so leak off pipes are a favourite.

Heres a pic of a Ford piston damaged by Easistart which I rebuilt last year

[Andy B]

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Heres a pic of a Ford piston damaged by Easistart which I rebuilt last year
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What's actually eaten the pistion? 

[Entwood]

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Heres a pic of a Ford piston damaged by Easistart which I rebuilt last year
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What's actually eaten the pistion? 

I believe its the extremely high temperatures caused by the detonation of the easystart droplets. They are highly volatile and produce large amounts of localised heat energy .. it is after all how the stuff is designed to work !!

But the damage done is accumulative, and the engine slowly but surely becomes reliant on the stuff as compression and fuel pattern inside the cylinder gets worse and worse due to the damage ..

Do NOT use this stuff IMHO ..

[Marks DTM Calib]

The ether fractured the rings, these then made a bid for freedom up the side of the piston taking some piston with it.

With the aid of the cylinder head, the rings fragments were then stamped into the crown and hence the damage.

We actauly found pieces of ring embedded into the piston

[Andy B]

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Heres a pic of a Ford piston damaged by Easistart which I rebuilt last year
 .....

What's actually eaten the pistion? 

I believe its the extremely high temperatures caused by the detonation of the easystart droplets. They are highly volatile and produce large amounts of localised heat energy .. it is after all how the stuff is designed to work !!

But the damage done is accumulative, and the engine slowly but surely becomes reliant on the stuff as compression and fuel pattern inside the cylinder gets worse and worse due to the damage ..

Do NOT use this stuff IMHO ..

Thanks Nige .... sounds plausible 
I don't use the stuff myself, but I've not sen the crown of very many pistons 

[Entwood]

The ether fractured the rings, these then made a bid for freedom up the side of the piston taking some piston with it.

With the aid of the cylinder head, the rings fragments were then stamped into the crown and hence the damage.

We actauly found pieces of ring embedded into the piston

OUCH .. now that is a tad extreme !!!