Posted by kopeck on August 14, 2008 at 12:33:56 from (216.227.11.191):
In Reply to: Glow Plug Question posted by kopeck on August 14, 2008 at 08:21:13:
It's not the battery.
It has a brand new one, not only that but I get the same symptoms when I had it hooked up to the pretty substantial battery out of my Golf TDi. This little 3 cylinder 15HP Kubota Diesel is designed to start off a decent L/G battery...
I understand that a glow plug is pretty much a short, but to start at 0 resistance is putting a TON of load on the battery, so much so that I think it can't recover in time to kick the starter. Every plug I've ever tested, and admittedly that's not a ton, has some resistance at room temp.
I feel like I'm chasing a ghost but it just keeps point back to the plugs.
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