From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue Apr 16 2002 - 05:06:09 PDT
The second purpose of glow plugs is pollution control. By it smoking when it
does hit this tells me that the glow plug controller is thinking that ether it
is already running or is too hot to need them.
Nathan Wilkens wrote:
> I'm having a starting problem with my 1986 M1009 (OK, so what's new).
>
> She starts great when cold (within 3-5 turns of the engine), she also starts
> great when hot (within 10 minutes of shutting off, she starts with 1 turn of
> the engine). However, if the engine is only warm (off for more than about
> 15 minutes), it takes more than a minute of cranking over to start, and has
> a momentary large cloud of white (and sometimes black) smoke.
>
> I have some ideas, and would like to know what anyone thinks...
> 1. Not the injector pump - it's a fresh rebuild.
> 2. Maybe an air leak in the fuel line? I just 'cured' a slow dripping leak
> on an injector line, and was surprised that the warm start problem was still
> there.
> 3. The glow plug system isn't cycling when it's 'warm' - could that be the
> problem? I'm thinking of replacing the "glow plug switch" which is more
> like a temperature sensor or (gulp) replacing the glow plug controller.. The
> glow plugs are all good (1-3ohms resistance measured) and are all getting
> power after I replaced some wiring that had melted...
>
> I'm hoping someone's wisdom can save me some money - and ideas anyone? I
> bought the old girl at a steal because the last owner got sick of replacing
> starters, so the mystery must be solved!
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan Wilkens
>
> 1986 M1009 CUCV
>
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