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Mine takes about 15 seconds of cranking when it's cold. It will start in an instant when it's warm.
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It was about 90F here today when I saw this thread. I left the house about five and I remembered and decided to try to start it. I didn't unplug the gp's but I cranked it right over without pause and I know mine doesn't have after-glow and it lit off between eight and ten seconds.
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ROFLMAO!!!
I was going to say the same thing! Well, My POS 300SD is starting mostly "sans-glow-plugs" I haven't installed the "updated" relay and new plugs I got from fastlane yet. Because, when I have to exercise the neutral sw [only when engine hot] to get engine to crank, the glow plug light comes on... sometimes. Anyway, with the engine stone cold, 10 sec of cranking in 70 degree weather and she starts and runs a little rough, some smoke then smooths out after 15 sec or so. In the 90+ degree weather lately, she only takes a few seconds to start Warm engine meaning after sitting an hour or two or three... she cranks right over. C. P.S. what was this test supposed to prove?
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Heh, mine won't start no matter how much I try. It's in too many pieces!
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I have an old continental marine diesel that has a heat element in the intake. It does exactly what you did with the stovepipe. This stuff is not rocket science. We spin the engine fast enough to get combustion pressure and introduce air warm enough to support combustion and spritz in some fuel. Off she goes and cares less how the heated air gets there. In our MBs we heat the air with a glowing stub in the pre-combustion chamber after it gets to the cylinder. We still get heat into the cylinder one way or the other. Once running, the whole engine heats up,--- the head, intake passages, cylinder walls, piston, farfignugen valve etc. All I need is a starter that won't kick out before it's time.
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