300tdi hard to turn over

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Originally Posted by Woolly

Aulro to the rescue again!
Many thanks to those who responded. My son dropped the auxiliary belts off and it turned over fine; culprit was a seized alternator. New one on its way from Mario, so his D1 should soon be ready for another 400 thousand km and a few more adventures.
Thanks again everyone.

Yup. First port of call before panicking about engine failures etc. Ive had them towed in here like that and the relief on the customers face when i tell them it was a alternator or idler pulley...🙂