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Old 06-19-2012, 09:38 AM
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Default RE: Newbie I appologize now....

You will need obviously to make sure the glow ignitor and glow plugs are ok first, this test kills two birds with one stone, take out a glow plug, and push it in the glow ignitor carefully with your fingers, it won't hurt (much, lol), no seriously, be careful, you can do it without burning yourself, it should glow a nice glowy bright orange then return to an ash colour after you remove it. Repeat test for all glow plugs. This will obviously identify for you if the ignitor is working or not, however, if the ignitor AND the first glow plug is gone, then you're not gonna know which has a problem! No probs, go buy a new glow plug first (it's good to have a spare) and use that to test the ignitor, then if the ignitor works, test the old plugs. If they all seem ok and you still can't get it running, let us know