Glow plugs
- Thread starter dk2429
- Start date
Okay thanks.. Again, completely new to the diesel game, just want to be 100% sure before I get the wrong shit.
Good deal. Any recommendations on the cheapest place to order them? I don't have to replace them right away because it's still hot down here in Texas, so I can take some shipping time..
I think I got them from Autozone. I doubt they'll be much of a difference in price in glow plugs
No problem your welcome sir
Btw Summit sells for 19 ea, prices around the diesel scene are the same 19 to 27 ea.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Mine usually sits all winter, except for the occasional push it out of the garage and post useless cold start videos
Gets nice and raw with 100 overs...
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
That's why I said I don't need them right away, it's hot here in southeast Texas lol. But winter can get cold down here, and that check engine light for the plugs is just pissing me off. It starts up perfectly fine, but I know this winter that may not be the same situation.....
I've had mine down to 15-20 degrees for a couple nights. Cranked right up in the morning without issue. Actually started better than when it was an lb7 and had glow plugs lol.
You can turn the codes off with efi live. That's how mine is set up. No intake air heater either
You can turn the codes off with efi live. That's how mine is set up. No intake air heater either
Man my only concern is that a friend of mine with a 2002 7.3 has said when his glow plugs were bad, starting up on a cold winter morning was a bitch. Not sure if it's the same case on the Dmax. Either way, I'm going to replace them. Check engine light OCD...
By no means can you compare a dmax to those old dinosaurs. Completely different fuel injection system as well as much better computer controls and engine engineering in a dmax.
7.3s live off glow plugs when they cold start. If they don't have good plugs, they don't start for crap even in warm weather. A duramax may cough and sputter on a cold cold morning with a few glow plugs out but it will fire up
Last edited:
7.3 doesn't want to start below 40 without plugs. I can't start mine in the teens and colder with no warm up.
I have a few out and I've considered just deleting them. And we get single digits and negatives up here every winter.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I have a few out and I've considered just deleting them. And we get single digits and negatives up here every winter.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
My father in law has a Ford 6.0... if its under 40* and he didn't plug it in... you might as well take a different vehicle. Its terrible...