Glow plugs

[Airslide]

We work on Sprinters every day and have yet to see one with a failed glow plug that didn't set the check engine light. Coolant temp is a major input as to how long they stay glowing. Surprisinly even with a few dead glow plugs they will fire up with a few extra revolutions of the engine on a cold frosty morning.

Vinnie

[73shark]

Originally Posted by Airslide

We work on Sprinters every day and have yet to see one with a failed glow plug that didn't set the check engine light. Coolant temp is a major input as to how long they stay glowing. Surprisinly even with a few dead glow plugs they will fire up with a few extra revolutions of the engine on a cold frosty morning.

Vinnie

So do you know how low the coolant temperature has to be to get the glow plugs to turn on?

[Airslide]

I will look up the specs in WIS tomorrow and post.

Thanks Vinnie

[Protagonist]

Originally Posted by Skater

Yeah. Honestly, the guy seemed more concerned about whether the truck had a transponder in the key (and thus needed more parts) than whether it was a diesel.

This brings up something I found out the hard way: My new Honda Fit has an RFID chip in the key. So does my Airstream Interstate. I have to keep the keys on two separate keyrings. With both keys on one keyring, the chip reader in the ignition of my Honda locked me out, because it was reading both RFID chips and mistakenly believed that the wrong key was inserted. Once that happened in the Honda, I didn't try again to see if it would happen in the Interstate. Chances are it world. So, separate keyrings for each vehicle.

[Skater]

Originally Posted by Protagonist

This brings up something I found out the hard way: My new Honda Fit has an RFID chip in the key. So does my Airstream Interstate. I have to keep the keys on two separate keyrings. With both keys on one keyring, the chip reader in the ignition of my Honda locked me out, because it was reading both RFID chips and mistakenly believed that the wrong key was inserted. Once that happened in the Honda, I didn't try again to see if it would happen in the Interstate. Chances are it world. So, separate keyrings for each vehicle.

Ugh. I generally keep my keys on separate rings anyway (on the grounds that it's a lot in my pocket, and I'm not driving both at the same time), but I can see that being pretty annoying.

BTW, the remote start on the truck works perfectly. After I tell it to start, it turns on the parking lights, waits for the glow plug light to turn off, then hits the starter.