I think Ralph meant that it starts after 7-10 seconds of pre-glowing. If the
glowplugs aren't working you'll know it by rough runnning, white smoke etc.
On 4/24/18, Clay wrote:
>
>The glow plugs are not working right. Properly functioning plugs would heat
>up enough that you would only need tu
The glow plugs are not working right. Properly functioning plugs would heat up
enough that you would only need turn the key and it would light off. No more
than a second for the starter to spin it up. If there is cranking going on,
either the battery is low, the starter is junk, or the glow p
Bad #1 GP.
Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:
Did you check the bulb?
Dan
On Apr 23, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Ralph,'84TD via Mercedes
wrote:
My '84 300CD's glow plug light on the dash has stopped coming on when I turn on
the key. The glow plugs must be working as the engine starts immediately after
a
Worth a shot, certainly the most obvious.
-D
> On Apr 23, 2018, at 12:10 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Yeah, the GP indicator light has been engineered to last to the End of
> Time, + 1 day.
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 7:48 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz
Yeah, the GP indicator light has been engineered to last to the End of
Time, + 1 day.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 7:48 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The bulb will also not light during the pre-glow cycle if one or more plugs
> are burned out, and then usually it will
The bulb will also not light during the pre-glow cycle if one or more plugs
are burned out, and then usually it will light up after the engine is
running, maybe just light up for 20 seconds or so and then go out.
Personally I'd check all the glow plugs first, as those fail far more often
than the
Did you check the bulb?
Dan
> On Apr 23, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Ralph,'84TD via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> My '84 300CD's glow plug light on the dash has stopped coming on when I turn
> on the key. The glow plugs must be working as the engine starts immediately
> after about 7-10 seconds. What shoul
My '84 300CD's glow plug light on the dash has stopped coming on when I turn on
the key. The glow plugs must be working as the engine starts immediately after
about 7-10 seconds. What should I look for to correct this? Thanks
Ralph '84 300CD '87 300 SDL
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