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Originally Posted by peachykeen
Has anyone overrided their glow plug relay to manually control the time that the plugs are actually glowing? If I am correct, if I could allow my plugs to glow longer, won't my old wagon start a bit easier this winter? There is a place online (**************) that sells a little kit to do this and wondering.....
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I installed that kit on my CD right after I got it, but I did so because I had the old system like yours, my engine appeared to have significant wear, my glowplugs were worn out
and the relay died on me. So for me the package made sense at the time as it was a lot less than buying the components piece by piece to put it back to OEM.
Observation: It isn't quite as easy to install as they make it out to be. Or maybe that was just me.
In any case, as another person mentioned, you can always just give the car two long glow cycles. I routinely did that with my old '79 SD, in winter.
You don't say where you are located, but as your profile pic shows the car in deep snow, I'll assume you aren't in New Mexico... In terms of other starting aids:
- are your battery and starter in top shape (is the engine turning over nice and fast)?
- are you using synthetic oil, at least in the cold months?
- do you have some form of auxiliary heat for the cold temps, such as a block heater or inline coolant hose heater, and/or a battery warmer?
If the starter isn't turning the motor fast enough on cold mornings, your glow cycles may seem less effective.
Good luck with it.