I had 1 bad plug in a 240d and it would not start at all Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 28, 2017, at 3:50 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > My question was whether one bad GP would make it harder to start the car > than with 5 good ones. Two bad ones? But your point is taken - I will test > them all once it gets a little warmer. > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> As I recall you posted that you may have bad GPs several weeks ago. Id >> you did then, you certainly do now. Test them and find out. it is not >> hard. Pull the pug at the GP realy and check ohms to ground in all 5 pins >> with inserts. I'd bet you have at least 2 with infinite resistance.. >> >> Wear out or fail, your choice. Either way they are BAD. >> >> Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> December 28, 2017 at 3:27 PM >>> >>> On my W123 300TD, I am having a hard time getting it started when the >>> temperature dips below 20 F despite the car being plugged into the block >>> heater. It takes 2 minutes of multiple glows and attempts before I can get >>> it fired up. Once I get it started the engine runs as if it were >>> preheated. >>> >>> Question: Does this sound like a glow plug issue? Do the plugs wear out or >>> simply fail? If one is dead will the other 4 start the car, albeit >>> laboriously? >>> >>> Happy 2018 to all, >>> >>> Andrew >>> 1983 300TD >>> 362 K >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
