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Originally Posted by wpoll
390amps seems pretty reasonable for a 3.0d - its a big motor to turn over. :-)
Until you pull the codes from the DDE everything is just a guess. Could be glow plugs but they really only come into play when its a bit colder than 10DegC. You can see the words "pre-heating" appear briefly in the BC when they are in use for starting.
Are you set up to read error codes from the car (INPA or PA Soft BMW Scanner)?
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happened again today temp was 12.5c in the morning , crank after crank soon drained my batt I think as i was getting about 12.39v on voltmeter, midday after leaving on ctek 4.5 hours it was reading 13.1V and started immediately, alas temp had also risen a degree so not sur eif it was the rise in temp that helped as well as the partially charged battery