Failure Prevention Thread
Tuned
Joined: Jan 2014
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I should have been more specific. Mine are on the drivers side as well. Out of the two lines at the top near the firewall, the one that is to the passenger side is loose on mine, and leaking oil.
Laughing Gas
Joined: May 2007
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My vote is 'Yes' especially if somebody buys the truck without a known repair history.
Alaska Chapter ******
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Fairbanks
Changed out my gp's over the summer, not my idea of fun (my first time changing them), thermostat and housing, and gp relay for the 2nd time. Printed out the thread and will work on the other things listed here as I can. Thanks for all the great information.
New User
Joined: Jan 2016
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Thanks to all for contributing to this thread, just bookmarked it, my punch list just grew to 2/3 pages.
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From: Savannah, GA
My truck had decided that it doesn't like cold. I did all eight glow plugs about a year ago, and it started and was happy all the time. I did the LED thing off the plug side of the relay, and sometimes it comes on, and sometimes it doesn't. If I pop the hood and use pliers to jump the relay, energizing the glow plugs, it's happy as heck. What is not telling the GPR to fire?
Cargo Master
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: BoCoMo
My truck had decided that it doesn't like cold. I did all eight glow plugs about a year ago, and it started and was happy all the time. I did the LED thing off the plug side of the relay, and sometimes it comes on, and sometimes it doesn't. If I pop the hood and use pliers to jump the relay, energizing the glow plugs, it's happy as heck. What is not telling the GPR to fire?
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I use this. It will test your batteries/GPR and Alt at the same time.
Hotshot
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: North of Greenville
Good thought, Les, on the volt meter. If the GPR is kicking in, you will see about a 2 volt drop (give or take) after turning on the ignition key and then a corresponding increase in voltage once the timer circuit turns the GPR off again.
