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Old 09-20-2013, 09:27 PM
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'84 300SD W126/OM617
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Central NJ, USA
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Originally Posted by funola View Post
A light dry soot on glow plugs is ok, heavy or wet soot is not.

Harbor freight has a kit for compression via glow plug and inj holes. Quality is iffy. If you're lucky you get one that do not leak.
Yea, I'd say light dry soot is what I saw on my glowplugs when I pulled them.

Can injectors contribute to hard starting? Coincidentally my fuel economy has been tanking over the last couple years, along with hard starting below 25F...
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