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No Glow.... poor cold starting
Ja1983:
20 seconds is enough to cut the fog/turning time down to reasonable...
new glow plugs in next order from paddocks! :wink:
parksie:
I've got the same problem with mine, I can leave the ignition in the II position but the choke light doesn't come on until I actually turn it over. When you turn her over she'll start then cut out straight away, then after a few tries of this she starts (smoking like a chimney). I've tried replacing the plugs but still the same, what should I try next?
graham2306:
That sounds like a wiring problem to me. Have you tried putting a test light on the glow pugs and seeing if there is any power going to them? If the yellow light only comes on whgen you turn the key the ignition switch may be wrongly wired.
The position to turn the glow plugs on is not easy to find as it is halfway between off and on and requires an iron wrist to hold it there if you have the military ignition switch and key. I had a key cut with a larger head to make it easier to hold, but the leverage it gave me snapped it off in the ignition!
Graham
Litch:
--- Quote from: "parksie" ---I've got the same problem with mine, I can leave the ignition in the II position but the choke light doesn't come on until I actually turn it over. When you turn her over she'll start then cut out straight away, then after a few tries of this she starts (smoking like a chimney). I've tried replacing the plugs but still the same, what should I try next?
--- End quote ---
Sounds to me that you might just have a petrol ignition switch fitted.
parksie:
So should my ignition not have a II position or is there a place between II and III position that I need to hold the key before turning it into the III position?
Forgive me for sounding stupid (never had a diesel before) but how do I test the glow plugs?
Someone also mentioned before that this could be an injector problem, any more thought on this one?
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