Hard starting when cold not when warm though
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Hard starting when cold not when warm though
I have trouble starting my truck when it is cold or has been sitting for about five hours or hell even two but the wierd thing is when i sit there trying to start it, cranking for ever, smoke is pouring out of my stacks, do you think i should replace my starter? Also the volt meter does not go to the middle it stays in the green but do you think i need a new alternator, when staying in the green maybe one line in or so not much more from red lines
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My truck is an 89, i am pretty sure the glow plugs are working, when i am cranking it over the rpm's are at 250-300, the glow plugs have a push button installed on them and the light stays on for about 6 or 7 seconds max but i always hold it a bit longer i just replaced the glow plugs less than 4k miles ago they are autolite glow plugs, i have had to use a little starting fluid the past two mornings, it has been about 50 here in wisconsin and to quit the hasselin around i just tried it without the either than had to resort to it as my final step.
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
if you put autolite glow plugs in there, it is almost a gaurentee they are bad.
go to autozone and get a set of MOTOCRAFT/BERU glow plugs. the part number for your 89 will be the ZD9's
if you do not have an autozone nearby, you can get them from www.autozone.com they only cost $9.99 each.
go to autozone and get a set of MOTOCRAFT/BERU glow plugs. the part number for your 89 will be the ZD9's
if you do not have an autozone nearby, you can get them from www.autozone.com they only cost $9.99 each.
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I have the same problem. Not too long ago I had my glow plugs checked (about 5-6 months ago)and 1 was replaced. I would say about 4k miles ago. This morning it took about 3 tries to get her started. Each try I would crank it about 7-8 seconds. Not until the second crank did it start to catch and then fired up the first crank on the third try. Any thoughts? I have not done anything with the fuel system since I bought it and only recently has it started acting up...
