Lately my M25 requires 10-15 seconds of cranking at 60F. I probably have a glow plug or wiring issue.
How long do you energize your glow plugs?
Maine Sail warns against long glow plug excitation. He says, if I recall, that his engine starts after three seconds of glow plugs.
He suggests that glow plugs can be cooked by energizing them unnecessarily long.
Yet the M25 manual says 30 seconds. And when an engine is slow to start, most of us use more.
And--how long does your diesel typically crank before starting?
How long do you energize your glow plugs?
Maine Sail warns against long glow plug excitation. He says, if I recall, that his engine starts after three seconds of glow plugs.
He suggests that glow plugs can be cooked by energizing them unnecessarily long.
Yet the M25 manual says 30 seconds. And when an engine is slow to start, most of us use more.
And--how long does your diesel typically crank before starting?
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