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Originally Posted by yuke
... When checking glow plugs found 2 to be bad replaced them and starts quickly again now. I do think I want to hook the gp. Up manually because it does seem that I burn them up pretty often and they are a pita to replace. Never did a compression test but I imagine the compression is not up to par...
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yuke, with valves kept in adjustment, and good plugs, these cars should start pretty reliably. The glow plugs are a maintenance item - don't know how you'd characterize
pretty often, but I surely replace at least a couple each year. I'm sure many here replace the whole set as a standard maintenance regimen. They warrant a full once-over before each winter, certainly.
FWIW, I also installed a block heater about 20yrs ago - after a few -40° F nights at a ski house - and never used it again. Getting on the stick with valve adjustments and fresh plugs sorted me out.