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Originally Posted by Ara T.
My car starts right up. On some hot days, it will crank for a second or two, otherwise I barely turn the key and it'll start. Sorta related question, but there's a kid that drives a 79 300D (non turbocharged, poor bastard), and his glowplugs don't work, so he sits there cranking for like 5 seconds or more...is it harmful on the engine without glowplugs?
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There is no harm to the engine whatsoever.
If he cranks it up within 15 seconds, there is no harm to the starter, whatsoever.
But, the starter is an item that provides a certain amount of hours before it needs to be overhauled. He would get quite a few more starts from a given starter if he had working glow plugs.