[AT] Glow plugs

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Sun Dec 20 07:58:53 PST 2015


On 12/20/2015 9:10 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
> I have a small Bolens diesel. It starts better with a few seconds of glow plug even in summer. I used to have a VW diesel, and it needed the glow plugs in cold weather. My Ram 5.9 needs glow plugs when cold. My Ram 1500 has an computer that does not let the starter crank until glow plugs or temperature are at the correct levels.
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> I have done cold weather starting kits for diesels in Alaska and Russia. Years back they started them in a shop and then left them running for a day or two until the job was done. In more recent times the heating systems have developed where you can warm up a 2500 HP diesel in 20 to 30 minutes at -40 where it will start.
> Getting heat to the combustion chamber area is that it takes to start diesels.
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> Thanks
> Dennis
Very true. My uncle's old 730 Case diesel will fire up right away as 
long as I use the electric manifold heater, which is pretty much just a 
glow plug mounted in the intake manifold. Without that it takes extra 
cranking. Of course once real cold weather hits I park it for the winter.

Ralph in Sask.




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