On May 2, 6:10 pm, Daryl Walford <dwalf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Dan--. wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 May 2008 17:45:42 +1000, Daryl Walford PCM code reading
says:
>
> >> My old Landcruiser always needed its glow plugs, no glow plugs meant
no
> >> start even on a hot day if the engine was cold.
>
> > Be a pain in the arse if the glow plugs decided to fail.:-)
>
> Luckily it had 4 glow plugs and it would start as long as a couple of
> them were working.
Yep. those couple will fail shortly after the other couple
did.
> Apparently you can get them going by pouring boiling water over the
> intake manifold but I never needed to try that.
Yep that would work. Much the same as an air manifold heater.
> > The Volvo truck starts up without much drama's in the cold. Although
the
> > engine does take a while to warm up so I have to wait before I can
turn
> > on the heater.
>
> The DAF was much the same, even leaving idling for 15-20 mins wasn't
> enough to get the heater warm, you had to drive it to get any temp into
it.
Typical of diesels, It is better that way.
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