Re: Cold weather diesel starting

On Feb 13, 9:55=A0am, Gogarty <Goga...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The glow pluigs are ambient temperature dependent. The light stays on
> much longer in cold weather than in warm. How much of a draw on the
> battery are they? If yu key them several times are you paradoxically
> ensuring that the car will not start because you have depleted the
> battery?

Well, it certainly takes more juice out of the battery.  Which is
another reason I don't think it makes sense to do extra cycling.  The
glow plugs draw a whopping current, think it's like 80 amp range.