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Old 02-18-2006, 11:32 PM
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7 degrees outside this morning and boy she didn't want to start, after 30 second glow and 120 seconds of cranking she fired. FYI heres what I have done to optimize starting;

0W-40 Synthetic oil
5 new glow plugs reamed out with new harness
Brand new MB battery
Battery terminals / ground strap / hot junction box all cleaned and conductive paste applied.

After 120 seconds I still wasn't loosing any cranking RPMs, but once it did start, I reved it slightly and it stalled out. Never had this happen before and the same happened on whunters car (after we got in started ).

Maybe I should install that block heater thats sitting on my desk
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