Q: My car won't start in the mornings
I have ford transit connect 1.8 tddi 2004 After my car failed to start it was diagnosed with fuel pump problem had another fitted and programmed at first lots of white smoke but after a good run it cleared. It runs superb all day starts no problem but in morning will not start without cold start , the fuel filter wasn't changed either could this be the problem or glow plugs or could it just be the pump needing set up with timing
My car has 8400 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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