I agree - and plan to do the following -
My engine has 5 GPs. When 1 fails it's not noticeable. When a 2nd fails,
it is noticeable when starting from dead cold at less than 40F as it will
take a little longer for the Light to go out and there's a slight miss
during the 1st few seconds the engine runs. When the 3rd fails, the engine
starts when it's above 55F or so. It it gets into the 30's and the engine
is dead cold, it will not likely start. THE MILEAGE IS U
I plan to change all 5 when I notice the engine failing to start quickly
and idle smoothly like it does now. Sunday AM the relay turned off after
about 10 seconds. Later when the engine had been off for about an hour
when we were in church, we came out and restarted it and it only needed
about 5 seconds before the light went out.
Larry
91 300D
-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Raymond
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 3:46 PM
To: Diesel List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Glow Plug Lifespan??
Marshall and I used to fight about this. I'd suggested replacing all the
plugs pro-actively every 50,000 miles or so and always replacing all of them
at once. He was of the mind that you need only replace them when they failed
and only replace those that had failed.
Under Marshall's rule I had to replace plugs in the dark at -10F once. NEVER
AGAIN!
Both of my cars have plugs that are right around 1 year and 20,000 miles
old. At the first sign of problems all 4 in a car will be replaced at the
earliest possible opportunity. Theres nothing less fun than trying to start
a car without all the glowplugs...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:43:17 -0600
From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Glow Plug Lifespan??
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They live until they die. some quickly, others list long. varies by
type and manufacturer too.
Howdy --
My 91 300D needed new GPs in 2006 at around 100K Miles. This
week I noticed it wasn't starting as crisply as normal and tonight
my wife tried to come home and it would not start. As luck would
have it I had planned to replace the GPs in the morning. Oops!
Just one day too late!
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