Absolutely, one more event like that and I'll replace the stupid switch just to
save my own sanity...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:37:32 -0700
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You realize this is somehow your fault, right?
Bob R.
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That does sound like tight valves, keeping the compression too low to build
up enough heat to combust the fuel. And yes, with everything working
properly (glow system, fuel, battery) I still believe that 10 seconds is
plenty long enough (I get concerned if I don't hear the engine fire up after
3 revolutions, which isn't very long at all).
My JD4100 (1 liter, 3 cyl Diesel) which doesn't get run often in the winter,
may take 5-8 revolutions to fire up, which still is probably only 5 seconds
or so! And it has no block heater, and the battery is 5 years old.
Werner
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> The car is a 300D, we don't have a garage, so it sits by the curb. It was
> 8 F (-14 C?) and had not been plugged in at all, should the 5-10 second
> crank before still hold true?
>
> The fuel is from the same location as the OM606 that started without
> issue, the GP relay was replaced within the past 14 mos (due to the old
> one being filled with water--the O-ring between the two halves of the unit
> was broken along the side where it mounts, so it could pull in water via
> cappilary action), and the GP's were replaced shortly before the relay. I
> suspect a couple of valves may be tight.
>
> I put the battery on charge (but did not plug in the block heater) and
> went out ~8-10 hours later, when it was up to 18 F and it did start,
> although it did require cranking while firing (approx 20-30 secs) until it
> ran smoothly.
>
> I'm going to check the valves this weekend.
> -j.
>
> ------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Werner Fehlauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> I would think that an engine requiring more than 5-10 seconds of cranking
>> is
>> in need of something else - like properly operating glow plugs, or
>> ungelled
>> or not ice-blocked fuel. I'm assuming you've been regularly putting
>> decent
>> fuel in the tank, so that should be winterized in this zone; that leaves
>> glow plugs - fuses, controls, and lastly, the plugs themselves.
