happyhobo69

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if it is bad will it make the engine idle very roughly and die when you let off the throttle. If not then what is causing this?

brownstone101

uh i take my plug off and light it up if its missing a coil its gone if its missing 1/2 coil its ok just member its going to need to be replaced if its just missing a hair then its got alot of life

Snipin_Willy

[sm=confused.gif]how does that work? I didn't think the element in the plug eats away. One end is stuck (stamped?) to the under side of the plug so it can't move.

brownstone101

no im sory for not being clear it just dosnt glow if a full coil dosnt glow its toast or u can probly get 1 run off it but its a pain to start if its just a little bit isnt glowing its fine and so on and or if u see it turn whiteish

\/ thats a good strong glow but lets say the 1st coil is dull or just wont glow its preaty mutch toast

46u

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You should keep a couple in your field box and if there is any dough put a new one in if this does not help save the old one as a spare. All so if the coil is distorted replace it. I replace mine if any part of the coil does not glow.

yoster

that is one bright glow plug. How do you hold it in there without gettin burnt?

happyhobo69

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Thanks. I thought the glow plug was the problem.

A.B.U

Only the coil is hot, lol. Not everywhere around it, until it's in the engine and does it's job

brownstone101

no thats not true! there is a curent running thrue the WHOLE plug u know the top prong is + and the thing that hooks over the whole plug that - thats why is conected to the bottom it wont glow if it wasnt tutching the side of the plug cause all your making is a lightbulb the threads are eather + or - and the center dot is + or - u get?

A.B.U

umm....no?

brownstone101

do this realy quick go get your glow igniter now DONT BE DOING THIS FOR FUN THIS Is JUST TO SHOW U
get a screw driver and just tutch the center dot then keep tutching it with the S. drver but rock it to tutch the side u will prbly see a spark or something or the s.driver will get hot in a sence its a glow plug but the plug is like a light bulb
do it once u probly will understand what i meant

yoster

Yeah RIGHT. Tell that to my fingers the first time i tried it. Now i use pliers to hold it.

A.B.U

Didnt burn MY fingers when I did that. Cant hold it for too long though.

brownstone101

ya thats the charge going thrue out the whole plug

Snipin_Willy

Ummm...no. I realize that by posting this I will sound like a smart***, but I do this just because the charge isn't what's heating up the entire plug. The plug gets hot because the coil in the middle is hot. The coil gets hot because it is the resistance in the setup. Once the electrons pass over the coil element they travel relatively free back to the negative side of the battery. And the thing is metal, if the middle gets hot, the heat will transfer...

yoster

Yeah i dont know what the current thing was all about. The only reason it burnt me is because after i held it for a bit the coil eventually heated up the rest of the plug. It got stuck in my glow starter and i couldnt get it out... and it was very hot by the time i did lol.