1st Gen Intake Manifold Heater Operation And Diagnostics (Grid Heater)
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#3
10-04-2009, 11:21 PM
Diesel Bomber
there wouldnt happen to be a diagnostics chart in that fancy book ya got there? goin by what this description is tellin me my thermistor is checkin out ok; just no idea why no pre-heat event is occuring. to my knowledge it doesnt pre-heat even when icicles are forming on your nads. i understand the differences in years and i'm not 100% sure which set-up i have but if i wanted for it to pre-heat anyways would a module out of a 93 do the trick?
#4
10-05-2009, 12:34 AM
Diesel Bomber
My 93 does not preheat all the time, only when it's really cold. Doesn't seem to be until the 2nd gens that they preheat no matter what
#5
10-05-2009, 12:53 AM
Diesel Bomber
hmmm i'd like to get it so it does pre-heat anywhere below 54*.... doesnt have to cycle just pre-heat i like the rents grid system much better than mine... until the truck starts to cycle it likes to spit once or twice... its a holy hell when she gets to freezing temps spit sputter rattle... just tryin to make the old girl abit more stable 
#7
10-05-2009, 07:41 AM
wow. great info!
mine have never run for more than 5s or thereabouts so far... but it hasn't even been below 40f yet. then again I still seem to have a dead battery every morning lately
mine have never run for more than 5s or thereabouts so far... but it hasn't even been below 40f yet. then again I still seem to have a dead battery every morning lately
#8
10-05-2009, 07:58 AM
Diesel Bomber
dead battery or the contacts on the starter are bad? i know my starter will sound like a dead battery let off the key and turn it again and it turns over like a brand new starter...
#9
10-05-2009, 10:44 AM
looked like a cell went bad.. sealed battery and a cap blew off
replaced with a good one, drives fine all day, let it sit overnight and after the grid runs it's flat *shrug* I must have a draw somewhere but dunno where yet.
it was pretty chilly this morning and the grids ran for about 10sec longest I ever saw em go. it's usually like 2-5sec. regardless. i'll have to read that manual page a bit better, should they still cycle after the motor starts? mine never have but any glow plugged truck I've had continued to cycle after start.
replaced with a good one, drives fine all day, let it sit overnight and after the grid runs it's flat *shrug* I must have a draw somewhere but dunno where yet.
it was pretty chilly this morning and the grids ran for about 10sec longest I ever saw em go. it's usually like 2-5sec. regardless. i'll have to read that manual page a bit better, should they still cycle after the motor starts? mine never have but any glow plugged truck I've had continued to cycle after start.
Last edited by Budgreen; 10-05-2009 at 10:47 AM.
#10
10-05-2009, 01:05 PM
Diesel Bomber
yeah ; it'll cycle for a little while after start-up; as mine doesnt pre-heat but cycles afterwards and from what i'm reading this seems to be normal.
