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Originally Posted by Dan Stokes
My Dodge/Cummins is interesting. While it DEFINITELY starts better at below maybe 50 or so, it will start with maybe just a bit more cranking than w/o the glow cycle. I try to remember but it doesn't seem very fussy about it. Above 55 or so it starts the same with or without a glow. I've NEVER used starter fluid.
The Mercedes in Mutt, on the other hand, wants glowed pretty much every time I crank it, even if it's warmed up. Not sure what's up with that. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the new pump.
My buddy's 7.3 Ford/Navistar is like Mutt - needs a glow pretty much every time. I suspect it's a characteristic of that combustion chamber design but I'm guessing.
Dan
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Strange, once I get the 6.9 running and she is all warmed up, actually don`t need the GP`s the rest of the day even if she has been sitting several hours.
In the morning if it 60 or above, the few GP`s that work will kick her over.
However now with this cold weather we have been having, if she sits maybe 3 hrs in the 20 something degrees, she almost does not want to go.
Several nights ago I went through this, I had driven her already 30 miles or so.
Not sure if the cold (26 deg) the relay would not clickon after 6 trys.
Finally tried WD40 w/o any results. About ready to call AAA and tried one more time, and it clicked on and she fired.
Just about buried the culti sac in smoke LOL.
Our 300D always had to do a full glow each time, but the 240D with 383K miles kicks right over w/o much of a glow. Once warmed up never need to glow, just turn the key.
Charlie