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Subject: Hard starting diesel Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:15:23 -0600 A couple things to check on your diesel power stroke - hard starting often is traced back to a bad glow plug or two. On a power stroke the glow plugs are located under the valve covers. Remove the vavle covers, and using an ohm meter check each glow plug by removing the wire attached to the glow plug. Place one ohm meter lead on the glow plug terminal and the other ohm meter lead to a good ground. All glow plugs should have approximately the same resistance reading. Often times the bad glow plugs will not give you any reading. Screw out the bad ones and replace with new ones. Some people recommend replacing all of the glow plugs at once since it is somewhat of a chore getting under the valve covers. The color of your exhaust is common if you have a glow plug or two not working. The grayish blue or light gray is unburned fuel from the cylinders with the bad glow plugs. At 100K I assume you have changed you air cleaner as this can reduce you fuel milage. Diesels do not run "rich" or "lean" like gas engines. A diesel has no throttle plate in the intake system like a gasser. The power out put is only controled by the amount of fuel injected from the injector. The more air in a diesel the merrier. Hope this helps. From: "Liz Marr" <BlueTruck cc-ent.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:46:58 -0800 > Subject: How to tell if a diesil is running too rich? > > > My truck has been a bit "off" it's feed lately. It celebrated 100K miles last > week, and for a long time it's been a royal pain to start on cool (less than > 45 degrees F) mornings. Now it is taking forever to warm up and it has > just an ever so slight silvery blue exhaust, especially when it is cold. It > sounds about the same as it always has, but fuel economy has dropped > from 20-25 mpg to 18-20 mpg - so of that I think is from when I don't > plug it in and it takes five minutes to start. Who knows how much diesel I > waste cranking it like that. So, what things do I need to consider doing to > get this pour beast running at top form. I don't trust the local Ford > dealership, so I need to know exactly what things to plan on replacing, > which ones I can do myself, and what I'll need to get a mechanic to do - > and perhaps the usual charge for the work. I don't mind getting dirty, but I > don't want to break my truck either. I've never worked on a diesel before. > > Thanks > > -- > 1997 F250 HD Turbostroke > 2wd 5sp Air Cruise > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``' > Even if you are on the right track, you'll > get runover if you just sit there :) > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``' > ------------------------------ From: "Liz Marr" <BlueTruck cc-ent.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:33:49 -0800 Subject: Re: Hard starting diesel After finding a rat's nest in the air filter, I've gotten into the habit of changing it every other oil change. This has helped. I was wondering some about the injectors and also I've heard rumors about "winter fuel" and diesels, since there seems to be just a bit more exhaust smell then it used to have even after it is warmed up. Since I haul sled dogs and tracking dogs in the back of the truck, I want the exhaust to be as clean as possible. When I take off the valve covers, will I need to plan on replacing the valve cover gasket? On 20 Mar 2001, at 8:15, Dan Brotzman wrote: > At 100K I assume you have changed you air cleaner as this can reduce you > fuel milage. Diesels do not run "rich" or "lean" like gas engines. A diesel > has no throttle plate in the intake system like a gasser. The power out put > is only controled by the amount of fuel injected from the injector. The more > air in a diesel the merrier. Hope this helps. -- 1997 F250 HD Turbostroke 2wd 5sp Air Cruise *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``' Even if you are on the right track, you'll get runover if you just sit there :) *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``' ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:22:07 -0500 From: Ken Payne <kpayne ford-trucks.com>
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