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Old 04-30-2017, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by MTUpower View Post
Glow plug holes? Do you mean prechamber holes?
In the pic there is a red rectangle. Glow Plug reamers ream out the Carbon between the heating element of the Glow Plug and the hole through the prechamber and mostly the cylinder head.

When carbon builds up there part of the heat gets transferred into the cylinder head and not the Air in the prechamber.
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