Yet another question about starting
My truck will take 4-5 cranks to start if I leave it unplugged over night a white smoke like a s.o.b, but If I plug it in it starts fine first try and it was Dow to 20 last night here in Ohio, does this mean only a few of my gp's are bad?
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not exactly. it just means it's cold. how long does it smoke white for?
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Like say I'm at work a steel mill like tonight it's probably close to twenty I'll go out and start it while I'm waiting to clock out and it may take 2-3 cranks, and will only smoke for a second or two not long.sometimes it will start first try just depends how cold it is and how warm the motor was when I parked it for an 8 hour shift.
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thats normal, if anything they might be getting a little weak. your fine dont worry :c:
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i'd check the glow plug relay with a test light when its cold out to make sure the glow plugs are getting signal then go from there.
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Ok.and how would I go about checking that? Should I do it when it's not been plugged in?
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Originally Posted by bowietrucking
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i'd check the glow plug relay with a test light when its cold out to make sure the glow plugs are getting signal then go from there.
WHAT YOUR TRUCK IS DOING IS NORMAL. can i just ask how many miles are on the truck? its glow plugs if anything. your saying the truck starts better when plugged in? good your block heater is working perfectly. ---AutoMerged DoublePost---
Originally Posted by bowietrucking
(Post 829769)
i'd check the glow plug relay with a test light when its cold out to make sure the glow plugs are getting signal then go from there.
like i said before, what your truck is doing is normal, if anything its WEAK GLOWPLUGS |
Ok.it gas almost 172000 on it, I forgot one of the owners wrote all maintenance records I manual so I'll look there and see if any of those things were replaced ever.
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It's 19 degrees out, went o start my truck and it took about 5-6 turns of the key to get it to fire and it smoked for about 10 seconds maybe still ok?
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yeah you're fine. the glow plugs might not even come on if it's plugged in. but i wouldn't worry about it.
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