Going Hunting-can't Plug In
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Going Hunting-can't Plug In
Just Bought My First Power Stroke. 1997 250 With 94,000 Miles. I Am Going Hunting In A Couple Weeks And Will Not Have Electric To Plug Into. It Could Get Down To 10 T0 30 Degrees At Night And Worried About It Starting In The Mornings. Running 15-40 Rotella Right Now. Should I Change Oil And To What.
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From: SHELTON, WA
i would recomend ohming your glow plugs. see if they are good. chances are they are ok. has your truck ever had a hard time starting in the cold?
fwiw i replaced all my plugs last year and only 1 was bad on a 7 year old truck at the time that was in alaska for 3 years.
after you take ohm readings if everything checks out and you get out there hunting and it wont start just jump the 2 big termianls on the gpr together for about 20 seconds and then crank er up.
fwiw i replaced all my plugs last year and only 1 was bad on a 7 year old truck at the time that was in alaska for 3 years.
after you take ohm readings if everything checks out and you get out there hunting and it wont start just jump the 2 big termianls on the gpr together for about 20 seconds and then crank er up.
Last edited by 1997F-350; Oct 31, 2005 at 09:41 AM.
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From: STEPHENVILLE,TX!!!!!
take a look at the "offical glow plug thread" at the top for testing. you might want to run 5-30 wt depending on where you live, i run 15-40 year round and my truck will start below zero with the 15-40 in the truck, but i also run synthetic
