Outer Limits 4x4 Board

How long should the glow light stay on in a 84 HJ60 with a 2H.

Mine only stays on a few seconds, but needs to be glowed much longer.

If its like every diesel 60, about 1.5 seconds, but you need to glow it until you hear the click under the bonnet.

carts wrote:If its like every diesel 60, about 1.5 seconds, but you need to glow it until you hear the click under the bonnet.

See, how good are hilux's? you get a light on the dash that tells you when to turn the key. None of this wait for a click shit.

But yeh, glow plugs should take 3 seconds max to light up, any longer and they are prolly rooted.

Gribble wrote:

carts wrote:If its like every diesel 60, about 1.5 seconds, but you need to glow it until you hear the click under the bonnet.

See, how good are hilux's? you get a light on the dash that tells you when to turn the key. None of this wait for a click shit.

But yeh, glow plugs should take 3 seconds max to light up, any longer and they are prolly rooted.

60 series have the light too, it just turns off too quick. and the cost of fixing the problem is so not worth doing.

wait for the click or watch your voltmetre pop back up, then hit the started, or just wait about 10 seconds when its cold, 5 seconds summer, and no seconds if the engine is hot.

Timed my glow plug heater this morning, arounf 5 to 6 secs before the dash light goes off.

a little of the topic but...

do glow plugs need replacing and how so often??

yes

when they die

you can test em by pulling the connection rail off and meauring the resistance between the glow plug top and the engine block. They should all be about the same resistance. If any measure more than about 30% higher they are probably dead.

Or hook em up to a 12v battery, they should glow red in about 3 seconds, if they dont thier dead.

Shadow wrote:yes

when they die

you can test em by pulling the connection rail off and meauring the resistance between the glow plug top and the engine block. They should all be about the same resistance. If any measure more than about 30% higher they are probably dead.

Or hook em up to a 12v battery, they should glow red in about 3 seconds, if they dont thier dead.

Or, when you have to spend that long on the key to start it on cold mornings your solenoid welds itself shut and keeps the motor spinning until all the compressed smoke comes out of it and you have to replace the whole statermotor.

Btw, i changed my glowplugs after that.

Shadow wrote:yes

when they die

you can test em by pulling the connection rail off and meauring the resistance between the glow plug top and the engine block. They should all be about the same resistance. If any measure more than about 30% higher they are probably dead.

Or hook em up to a 12v battery, they should glow red in about 3 seconds, if they dont thier dead.

They should read around 0.5 ohms resistance themselves... obviously that would be different with them still in the engine.

+dj_hansen+ wrote:

Shadow wrote:yes

when they die

you can test em by pulling the connection rail off and meauring the resistance between the glow plug top and the engine block. They should all be about the same resistance. If any measure more than about 30% higher they are probably dead.

Or hook em up to a 12v battery, they should glow red in about 3 seconds, if they dont thier dead.

They should read around 0.5 ohms resistance themselves... obviously that would be different with them still in the engine.

By disconnecting the connecting rail you are isolating them from eachother and should be able to measure the resistance as if they were removed from the engine.