We also had that glow plug problem with Jan's 240D in cold weather. Diagnosed by mechanics advice and confirmed with ohm meter. Replaced the glow plugs and the engine started right up.
Speaking of diesel and cold weather, I recently read about a fuel problem story involving a B-52 airplane. The ambient temperature was -20* F. Jet fuel absorbs water. There were three fuel filters in series on each engine. Numbers one and three had bypass valves that allowed fuel to pass if the filter became blocked. Number two did not. All eight engines started shutting down on takeoff. Co-pilot very busy trying to restart them. Emergency go-around but came up short. Three out of five aircrew survived, three men in an electronics shack hit by an engine pod did not. All three fuel filters full of ice. Why number two fuel filter did not have a bypass valve the story didn't say. Investigations were reopened on 200 unexplained crashes in light of the above. 90% of diesel problems are caused by not providing a plentiful supply of clean fuel. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL N30 07.68 W081 38.47 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveabo...@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
