Hey guys,

I read a post somewhere that if your glow plugs werent staying on long enough you could jump the posts and do it manually. My scenario is that im gone away to a ski resort right now and went to start my truck last night and she wasnt a happy camper. The glow plugs arent staying on long enough. maybe 5 seconds. it's -7 outside. Im leaving tomorow afternoon and have some wire in the truck so if there is a way to jump it to make the glow plugs stay on longer could someone please help a guy out!!

thanx in advance

 

What year is your truck they are not all created equal.

 

On the 87 up system remove the white wire and run a ground to the terminal for a few seconds.

 

I am betting you will see something either loose or see the problem being back in there. Loose cables, swollen wires, etc etc. But with all i have been through, you are most likely missing a GP or few. Not in the physical sense, i know they are in the truck, but not working. When i lost more than one, it wouldnt work at all and would just click randomly. I feel your pain bro, i do, but grounding a wire here or there wont make a effed up gp work. So long short, check connections, test GP's and best luck! let us know how it goes,

 

I didn't hear anyone warn him about keeping the GPs on too long. I hope he doesn't nuke them. 10 seconds tops or you're courting disaster. Better to get an extension cord and plug her in for a while. What ya think Star or Dave???

 

I agree.... plug it in if at all possible, helps a lot when having gp issues.

 

At minus 7 I would go for about a 12 second glow time.

Without after glow, it will probably stall at least once when it starts sucking in cold air.
I hope you have enough battery power to start it a couple times.
Get the RPM up to about 1500 - 2000 when it does start, and it might stay running.

I hate to advise RPM's that high on a cold engine, but a non running engine and dead batteries would be worse.

Going to temps that cold without making sure your glow plug system is in good working condition is not a good idea.
Plugging in, probably not going to happen at a ski area, but would be great if you could.

 

If the controller won't glow the plugs then there is a problem. You could ground it for a day but either there are too many dead gp's or there is not power to the plugs. How will grounding it or arcing it going to make it work.......someone tell me please.

 

It will power the plugs bypassing the controller. If all the plugs are burnt it will not do anything. But if one or two is burnt out causing the short glow times then you can heat the other 6 or 7 for 12 or 14 seconds and it should fire up.

 

right but by the time it gets to flickering and short times of glow, there are a lot of dead plugs, when all eight of mine were dead, friggin bosch and autolite, this is how the controller reacted.

 

the gp controller always has power it grounds itself to activate the glowplugs instead of getting power.the white wire is the ground

 

okay, let me clear this up. A dead plug is a dead plug. you could hook it to a 9 volt battery or a megavolt, it wont glow. I know how the controller works but if you are "completing the circuit" to dead plugs, it wont work.

 

What you say is true, a dead plug will not heat even of you run 240 volt current to it.

One or two dead plugs cause the controller to short cycle, but with the drop in glow plug load on the circuit, the remaining plugs are probably getting close to the correect temp even with the short cycle.

 

Tis is just an emergency start not a fix. There probably is not a lot of available glow plugs at the ski resort. lol I know what I would do, but will not be posting it. lol

 

Hahaha, What are you thinking?