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Old 01-19-2007, 11:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
karugs
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Date registered: Jan 2004
Vehicle: 83 300D, 90 300TE
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Originally Posted by zumwoll
When winter started my 123 diesel would not start when temp under 30F. Dealer had no solution. Independent shop said turn the glowplugs on and off three times. Starts now rigth away after thorough warm up of glow plugs. Hope this helps someone.
Instead of multi-glowing, wait 10-15 seconds after the first glow process and after the light goes out and then crank it. Trick is that the glow system actually is still on for 30 seconds even after the GP light goes out. This helps in cold weather, and doing multi-glows eliminates this by cutting short the glow process and doing it over again.
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