Good morning all. I’m new to the site and I am looking foe advice or comments on a problem I have with my connect, it is a 2004 TRANSIT CONNECT 220 LWB DIESEL - High Roof Van Tdi 75ps I have owned it for around 15 years, there are 94000m on the clock. The problem I am encountering is, when I come to start it, it cranks over good and strong, It has a good fully charged battery, It will crank for several times, turn off on the key turn on again for a few goes no sign of starting . I can come back and try again a short while later (a minute or so and it starts) it then runs as normal and will usually start for the rest of the day. Any ideas or thoughts would be helpful.
Update, after checking the grounds and voltages and finding a discrepancy between the live post on the battery and the ground on the body ie.12.7 v across the battery terminals and 9.8v on the body ground, result? No not really cleaned the connection convinced it was fixed but still the same problem, i am wondering now if it is a problem with the transponder ring. A few weeks ago i had the flashing light problem on the dash, immobiliser not working properly, i disconnected and re connected the battery a few times and it appeared to to fix the problem. light eventually stopped flashing. from then on I have the prolem described in my original post 3 or four cranks leave for a couple of minutes and starts and runs perfectly. If it were the ring, do i simply get another ring put it on and all's good or will a new ring need to be matched to the van? That is re programmed to the engine. If anyone has replaced a transponder ring perhaps they could advise me. Thanks for looking....
