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    Mep-002a Burning up glow plugs.

    The inj pump is an American Bosch. I put my spare Ambak M50 in to see if the gen would even run. I dialed it in and load tested it ran it for about an hr. Absolutly no problems...... I wasn't going to leave the Ambak on there, the button number isn't the same.
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    Mep-002a Burning up glow plugs.

    I thought about the fuel tank cap as it was shutting down and right after it died (3sec) I opened the cap. There was no big sucking sound... Timing it 1 tooth the other direction was UGLY.... All black smoke out the exhaust and white smoke coming out the valve cover. Naturaly I was thinking...
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    Mep-002a Burning up glow plugs.

    I must be doing the timing wrong.... It still looks like it's about 3deg off where it should be, and still dieing after 5min. Keep in mind it's an 002a, 2 cylinder not 4. 1) Rotate engine til the pointer lines up with the PC mark on the flywheel 2) Rotatae inj pump til the 1/8" welding rod...
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    Mep-002a Burning up glow plugs.

    Yeah it's summer time... I checked the 02a Hollinsworth again. It looks like the timing is a tooth off. It runs good though. Being out of time probably doesn't allow the exhaust valve to stay open long enough and builds too much heat. The other one is an 003a Libby. I set it aside for a...
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    Mep-002a Burning up glow plugs.

    I have 2 generators that burn the glow plugs out. They burn the end off and something boils out of the glow plug. I don't preheat for more than 10 seconds and they aren't getting power after it starts. With a new Champion CH42, the gen will start and run fine. after 5min it will start to slow...
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