Ford Fusion: Starting a diesel engine

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Cold or hot engine

All vehicles

Note: When the temperature is below-15ºC (5ºF), you may need to crank theengine for up to 25 seconds. If youconsistently operate the vehicle in suchtemperatures, we recommend that youhave an engine block heater fitted.

Note: Continue cranking the engine untilit starts.]

Note: You can only operate the starterfor a maximum of 30 seconds at a time.

Switch the ignition on and waituntil the glow plug indicatorgoes off.

Vehicles with manual transmission

Note: Do not touch the acceleratorpedal.

1. Fully depress the clutch pedal.

2. Start the engine.

Vehicles with automatictransmission

1. Select park or neutral.

2. Fully depress the brake pedal.

3. Start the engine.

Starting a petrol engine

Note: You can only operate the starterfor a maximum of 30 seconds at a time. Cold or hot engine All vehicles CAUTION: When the temperature is below-20ºC (-4ºF), switch the ignition onfor ...

Switching off the engine

Vehicles with a turbocharger CAUTION: Do not switch the engine off when itis running at high speed. If you do,the turbocharger will continuerunning after the engine oil pressure hasdropped to zero. ...