Glow Plugs

allied · Post by **allied** » Mon May 10, 2010 8:53 am

What happens if your glow plugs fail?

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon May 10, 2010 1:07 pm

You have a lot of difficulty starting with a cold engine, When it does start it's lumpy and lots of white smoke (unburnt fuel) from the exhaust.

gmaczbongo · Post by **gmaczbongo** » Mon May 10, 2010 2:30 pm

You also have to buy new ones.

allied · Post by **allied** » Mon May 10, 2010 2:50 pm

Well mine has no difficulty starting from cold but it is quite lumpy for a few seconds with some smoke. Could this be glow plugs and is it damaging the engine?

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:07 pm

Probably just one of them failed. There's a fact sheet on replacing them in the Member's Area

Alacrity · Post by **Alacrity** » Tue May 11, 2010 8:36 am

Fit NGK ones as replacements, they are not expensive (around £30.00ish a set from a factors). I fitted cheaper Bluepoint ones & they lasted less than 6 months before being worse than before. A set of NGK's has her sorted again. The Bluepoint one's went back under warranty but I won't be holding my breath . . .

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