Changing Glow Plugs

cyclonebri1

mikey72 wrote: »

I changed all our's in the 106 when it would only start with easystart last winter.
None of them glowed when I put them across a battery, so that pretty much decided it.
I was tight, and used halfords own, as they were about £16 a set with the tradecard.
Otherwise I'd buy Beru.

We had diesel clio a few years back, smoked on start up so checked the glow plugs.... all dead.

4 new ones and no smoke.

But it never failed to start 1st turn with the dead ones, just shows, ;)

mikey72

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

We had diesel clio a few years back, smoked on start up so checked the glow plugs.... all dead.

4 new ones and no smoke.

But it never failed to start 1st turn with the dead ones, just shows, ;)

Last thing I drove that started like the peugot with no glow plugs was an 1950's S series Bedford delivery truck, back in the 70's.
Pull the heater knob out for about 5 minutes, about half a can of easy start, and if it was really cold, light a fire in a cut off dustbin under the diesel tank.
You could allow half an hour to start on some winter days.

Thinking about it, the peugeot was quite easy actually.