December 15, 2009

New Glow Plugs

The engine was starting a little rough, but smoothed out after 15 seconds of  warm up….Jim figured one of the glow plugs must not be doing its job…. so he pulled them  when we got home. One was in pretty bad shape….and tested no good. (can you guess which one?)

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The rest showed a lot of wear so he is replacing them all, even though they tested ok.

6 comments:

Larry said...

Wasn't the engine just rebuilt?

Slow Motion...always an adventure said...

Larry...glowplugs, pumps,injectors etc are not part of a "rebuilt long block".

Carol

Larry said...

I guess it just looked all clean and spiffy...

Larry& Diane said...

How did Jim check the glow plugs

Foster said...

I want to say Happy Holidays. I've been a reader of your trips since the AC days. It's nice to see that you are living the fine life of cruising slow and making the most of the time you spend on the water. I only wish that I was more of a "Jim" on working on the boat and less of a "Shemp".

Warmest regards to the both of you and happy lingering in 2010.

Foster

Slow Motion...always an adventure said...

Foster: Thanks so much for the nice thoughts..glad you follow along. We are on the boat now. Spending our Christmas at Silver Glen Springs, FL.

Merry Christmas
Carol & Jim