
Originally Posted by
av8or5
i totally disagree with this. we have fuel injected cars, this is old school. that procedure is for carburator type vehicles and not fuel injected cars. specially on new vehicles, one should not have to depress the accelerator prior to starting the vehicle. specially in our weather condition. maybe if we live in a country that has winter/snow/severe cold conditions, that might be applicable, but not our weather conditions in the Philippines.i was at baguio for new year, never did i need to depress the accelerator prior to starting the engine. just wait till the glow plugs indicator turns off and start. no problem with starting.it starts at one try.
i suggest you have your battery checked or starting system checked. maybe your battery has week output.diesel fed cars needs more output voltage than gas fed vehicles. please also take note, not all diesel cars start at one click,. one start/crank but it should start in 1-3 seconds but usually 1-2 seconds lang ang starting ninya. one thing you can also do is ask the service advisor to let you start other vehicles of the same variant for you to compare if its normal or not.