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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 09:08 PM
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Question rough idle

hello eveyone i have a 95 F-250 with a powerstroke , when i start it the idle is rough and then clears up is that normal?
 
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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Hi and welcome to FTE

I'm going to move your question to the Power Stroke forum where you'll get more answers.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 10:38 PM
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Welcome to the diesel forums Truckerteacher.

A little more info on the truck would be helpfull, but off the top of my head I would guess you have one or two glow plugs not working. The rough idle could be caused by a couple of cylinders not firing until they get hot enough on their own.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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Thanks for the comeback i was not to sure are they hard to take out and change
 
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 10:47 PM
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Nah...pretty straightforward once you get the valvecovers off. Take a look at the "official" glow plug thread at the top of the forum page...might be some info in there you can use.
 
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