Bad glow plugs
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Bad glow plugs
How do you "cycle" the glow plugs if you are having a hard time starting your truck. Our truck at work is giving us a hard time starting even with it pluged in over night and with not so cold weather. Getting a lot of white smoke so I would say its the glow plugs but it might be a while before we can get the mecanic to fix it.
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To cycle the GP's just turn the key on, turn it off then back on. Cold the GP's will stay energized for 2 miutes at those temps so leave the key on until the volt gauge comes back to the middle. Also test the block heater you should be able to start without the GP's with a good block heater. Batteries may also be weak
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