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Old 08-24-2015, 03:40 PM
mikeyfev1 mikeyfev1 is offline
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Originally Posted by mannys9130 View Post
Look, I live in Tucson and still use the glow plugs. IDI engines need the glowplugs, end of story. There's too much surface area in the combustion space that soaks up heat from compression. If it were direct injection, no glow plugs would be needed. Test your glow system next and report back.
As I said after my admittedly glib statement about not needing glow plugs:
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Originally Posted by mikeyfev1 View Post
and I checked the glow plugs while doing all of this work. They were fine.
Are you suggesting that I check them again? I guess I could do that.
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