changed glow plugs today
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changed glow plugs today
i was having the standard cold weather smoke, i changed the relay and no fix. i shot all the wires and had one on the left at open, all the rest were .7 or.8. i bought 4 motercraft glow plugs frum auto zone $45. i spend two hours changing all the left glow plug(if i am pulling the valve cover i am changing them all) was pretty easy, the post on tools needed is right. thinwall deepwell 10mm 1/4 drive,i bought the thinnest one i could find and took my dremel to it. 13mm short, dosen't need to be a thinwall but the thinest one you could find for the back bolt, also a midd length or deep well 13mm for the three studs on the cover. the intercooler clamps are 7/16, i used a ratcheting wrench on the lower clamp. i will wait till tommorrow to see if it works good now, will post results.
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i was having the standard cold weather smoke, i changed the relay and no fix. i shot all the wires and had one on the left at open, all the rest were .7 or.8. i bought 4 motercraft glow plugs frum auto zone $45. i spend two hours changing all the left glow plug(if i am pulling the valve cover i am changing them all) was pretty easy, the post on tools needed is right. thinwall deepwell 10mm 1/4 drive,i bought the thinnest one i could find and took my dremel to it. 13mm short, dosen't need to be a thinwall but the thinest one you could find for the back bolt, also a midd length or deep well 13mm for the three studs on the cover. the intercooler clamps are 7/16, i used a ratcheting wrench on the lower clamp. i will wait till tommorrow to see if it works good now, will post results.
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Originally Posted by rusty350250
i had enough to cause a small smoke screen until it warms up and the cylinder is working to its full potential.
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just the opposite, i had 7 working fine and one not working. if i had 7 not working i would kill my batterias before my beast would start. i've had 4 bad before and it was bad time every time i tried to start it in cold.
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well this morning it still did the same thing, smoking when cold. i shutit off and rechecked all 8 plugs all good, so plugs and relay are good. any ideas as to why it is still doing this??? no power mods, batteries 1 year old, 10w30 oil for winter 100 miles one it and it is still clear as when i put it in. no smoke when pulling, gunning it or smoke when starting when warm. i pulled teh oil fill cap when running and it did have smoke coming out, but how much is excessive?
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I've been told that I may have an injector with a bad oring. Difference is I get a little smoke when I get on it real hard. I also think I have a thermostat problem and it is not warming to operating temp completely. I guess this doesn't really help you much.
Are you sure the glow plugs on the other side (bank of cylindars) are working? I have seen one that when power was put to it on the bench it did not heat up even though it tested fine on the meter. I don't think that would be real common.
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Are you sure the glow plugs on the other side (bank of cylindars) are working? I have seen one that when power was put to it on the bench it did not heat up even though it tested fine on the meter. I don't think that would be real common.
Craig