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Cold engine idle

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14:th-Aug-2018, 20:31:05
Hi, I've just bought my first diesel and it happens to be a GTC SRI 2 ltr CDTi. I love it. My only question so far is that when I initially start the engine from cold, it's not a smooth idle and you can feel it through the car with a slight rocking. Is this normal? A common problem? After a few minutes, it idles fine and there seems to be no other issues. I searched for the answer before posting so apologies if the answer is buried here somewhere.

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15:th-Aug-2018, 17:58:06
Welcome to forum on cold start you can get some rough idle normally settles down quickly tho.

I tend to find it does it more if the battery is low on juice.
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(15:th-Aug-2018, 17:58:06)Rusty2009 Wrote: Welcome to forum on cold start you can get some rough idle normally settles down quickly tho.

I tend to find it does it more if the battery is low on juice.

Great! Thank you. I won't worry too much then.
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(14:th-Aug-2018, 20:57:01)Jpbroad1970 Wrote: Welcome to the forum

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