3.0d Cold start issue needs boost from jump starter

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Originally Posted by sixness

Ok thanks I've ordered the controller and glow plugs + gasket kit. I'll update once they have been installed and in the meantime use the Li jump starter each morning to get mobile. Is there anything else I should do once the inlet manifold is off. There is no SRS error on the dash instrument panel.
I can't help thinking that the battery is also dodgy as it will only start the car once after being charged over night, then the next morning it still reads 12.5 volts but wont start and I have to use the jump starter. I've checked the the drain once the car sleeps it is only 30ma. The alternator has also been tested and is working OK. After checking out the reviews on the battery brand is seems lots of people think they are rubbish. When I took it back to the supplier they charged it over night tested it and said it was still good, but it doesn't seem to hold the ability to push out the CCAs

I asked about the SRS light appearing when the full lamp test cycle runs when you first switch on the igntion since the error code infers the lamp is faulty...

Could be a bad battery - I have a similar issue but in my case the car still starts and it takes more like a week or ten days for the battery to get "weak". Thinking I just got a crap battery a couple of years back when I last changed it out. Might look at AGM options...

A few other folk have had bad starters that mimic a bad battery, so there's also that, although it sounds like the starter is fine for the rest of the day. Mine is too...

Clavurion's comment about a low rail pressure/leaky injector is also worth looking into. The glowplugs and controller nbeed sorting regardless so once they are dealt to, you'l have a better idea about where you stand.