PaulRainbow
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It's easy to miss the heat position with some of the key switches, so don't feel too bad. Glad you found it and the engine starts well.
Volvo Penta MD2030 Slow to Start - Maybe Glow Plugs?
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It's easy to miss the heat position with some of the key switches, so don't feel too bad. Glad you found it and the engine starts well.
VicS
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If you do not have an owners manual, which explains the operation of the key switch, you can download one from VP's website at Manuals & Handbooks | Volvo Penta
Enter MD2030 in the "product designation" box and pick the correct version from the drop down list
KompetentKrew
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You're lucky! The cheapest I can find for my engine are £15 on eBay, shipped from China - the price of official ones is shocking. And you need four of them.
I'd replace the glowplugs in a heartbeat if I believed doing so would see my engine starting snappily (it takes the longest time from cold), but they glow cherry red when I jest them with a fly lead, so I assume they're ok.
Tamar
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You only need 3... I just found them for £3 each on eBay, good make
gregcope
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Got a link?
vic008
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Cured my bad starting (2003) with a head and injectors recondition.Now beautiful starting.
peteK
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Search for Y107V on ebay £6 NGK make,loads on there.
Cariadco
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I also found NGK Y107R and the best guess I can make is the 'R' type heats up, much faster.
Any views?
VicS
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Daydream believer
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You will possibly find that the relay for the starter & the glow plugs is the same. it is on the MD2020
So one idea might be to swap them over & if the starter does not work then the relay is US. It will at least test your instrument light. Costs about a tenner. More from Volvo , half the price from a motor spares shop.
In 18 years I have had 3 relays fail & it can be checked by checking voltage to the glows when you turn the key. You should get a minimum of 10.5 volts ( from memory) at the glowplug for them to work. I carry a spare relay.
Cariadco
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Cariadco
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Oh thanks.
KompetentKrew
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TL;DR seems to be that the 'R' type is "QGS technology" which heats up, much faster but which also should only be used with a "special QGS controller that regulates the energy supplied and thus the heating of the glow plug" (p10 of the PDF).
Cariadco
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Thank you, I didn't find that.
