Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Hard starting 83 240D. Glow plugs are new. Modification included.

 

I no glow plug relays go bad after  years.I replaced mine with the kind that stays on 3 minutes


--- On Tue, 2/14/12, n61cm <jim@tazwade.com> wrote:

From: n61cm <jim@tazwade.com>
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Hard starting 83 240D. Glow plugs are new. Modification included.
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:34 AM

 
Maybe it's blow-by. How's your oil consumption?

Jim

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Lawrence Rhodes <primobassoon@...> wrote:
>
> Note: I've replaced the glow's. Did a diesel purge. Adjusted the valves.
> Could it be the idle setting or some other setting not normally used? It acts
> like the glows are weak. I did a manual glow and when I put the cable to
> battery it just made a little spark. Didn't seem to start any better. Maybe
> worse so I reconnected the normal relay. Is it possible I need a much longer
> time on the glow plugs? Something is wacko. Is flooding possible on a diesel
> cause I get a big puff of black smoke when I finally start the thing. Lawrence
> Rhodes.
>

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