I just read, on this forum, that if you leave your glow plugs on they can melt!!! I generally don't leave them on but in the winter I've cycled them a few times just to warm things up. I've even left them on two different occassion two see the volts change on my guage indicating things are working. I'm wondering now if I could have melted these things. I've never had any problem and I've never checked them since I bought the truck last October. Just a little nervous now that I've read some melt in 10-20 seconds. Do they melt that quickly and should I take them out to see if they are damaged? Or leave things alone until they show signs of not working then evaluate for possible damage?
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95 F350, 7.3 PSD, CC, ZF5 speed, 4x4, Dually, Autometer EGT, Boost and Engine Temp Gauges, DP and 4 inch exhaust, Tymar Intake, CPR Fuel System, Adrenaline HPOP
85 Ranger, 302, ZF5 speed, Klune-V, Dana 20, Explorer front and rear diffs, 35 inch TSLs, ARBs, Superwinch
The glow plugs come on and stay on for 2 minutes. They are controlled by the PCM. If you start your truck and the glowplugs come on (a 95 like mine comes on every time hot or cold) they are on for ~2 minutes. I suppose that when they short out they burnout quickly, but that is a result of failure, not the cause.
Yea no need to worry. Not familiar with 95's but sure is is same as my 97' when cold they will stay on up to 2min. Wheather your truck is started or not.
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I just read, on this forum, that if you leave your glow plugs on they can melt!!! I generally don't leave them on but in the winter I've cycled them a few times just to warm things up. I've even left them on two different occassion two see the volts change on my guage indicating things are working. I'm wondering now if I could have melted these things. I've never had any problem and I've never checked them since I bought the truck last October. Just a little nervous now that I've read some melt in 10-20 seconds. Do they melt that quickly and should I take them out to see if they are damaged? Or leave things alone until they show signs of not working then evaluate for possible damage?
The computer controls the on time so you would have to cycle the keys quit a lot of times to melt the tips.What happens is the tip will mushroom and the it won't fit out the hole to replace them.I have only seen this once and the owner was cycling the key 5-10 times when he went to start it because the truck had a few bad plugs.He was doing this over a coarse of seven months.When I went to replace the glow plugs two were mushroomed .It took me over an hour to do those two because I had to twist them back and forth being careful not to snap them off.
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2000 F350 srw pickup
3 in. leveling kit,35x12.5x16.5 BFG's,K&N air filter,4 in. exhaust from turbo back,Bully Dog boost,trans temp and exhaust temp gauges,Painless wiring inline module,Western Diesel four position chip(currently out being repaired),203 thermostat,Bully Dog shift kit.
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1997 F350 CC4X4 120K superclean truck Beans 6 pos chip! IDM mod(it works!) Pyro, Boost and Trans Autometers over mirror. 4" straight pipe! 285/65X18's Nittos. Ford V-10 trans cooler, Tymar Intake, 6 leaker intercooler. Swamps 175/146 sticks fed by Adrenaline in front of a BTS. WOP QSSB turbo! 1997 F350 XLT 4dr 125K 5" Pipe no muf and no kitty (totaled). 04/04 F350 EX Cab LWB "Leveled" Lariat FX4 Limited slip. BFG's 295/75R16. 4" pipe from back of kitty exiting in front of rear wheel. Autometer Pyro and Boost guages 65K. 422hp and 772tq (SOLD) 96 F250 powerstroke extended cab. Original E40D 132K Wood hauling machine. 10k MOD. Autometer Pyro and Boost gauges. Gutted Cat. Sold.
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