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Old 02-22-2011, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel911 View Post
The Glow Plug in the far left pic is not a good one because it is getting hottest at the wrong place on Element. That no good plug may actually Ohm OK.
The other pic on the right is a good Glow Plug getting hottest at the tip of the element. The tip is the part that extends into the Precombustion Chamber.
The glow plug on the right is either not powered up long enough or is not getting full current. I have never tested a glow plug with just the tip glowing. Unless all the glow plugs I have tested were no good?
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