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glow plug problems

1986chevycucvm1008

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Need help! I have power going to my glow plugs but the plugs will not heat up. What can use this problem i have 8 brand new ac delco 60g plugs i do not know much about diesels much less a cucv
 

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Have you watched the GP Operations video in the CUCV Helpful Threads sticky?

Also have you fixed your battery cable problem?
 

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Take off one of the wires to a heater plug. Put it to a single contact bulb, (earth the case) and when you switch on (you need an assistant obviously) Time the how long the light stays on. If it goes out after a very brief time it is the glow plug timer that is faulty. On my F350 that was my fault, and I wired the heater relay to a switch in the cab so that I (can) time the actual heating period. just my 1penneth. good luck, keep us informed, though hopefully some others with this actual vehicle fault might step in with some advice.
 

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As a P.S. I think I would have someone switch on whilst I held a removed heater plug to earth and then observe it it glows up for the required time visually.
 

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You are aware that the TM 9-2320-289-20 Tech Manual has a step-by-step procedure to test you glow plug system. It does require a multimeter.

You test the glow plugs and then the controller.

Very likely your plugs are bad.
 

CAMO21

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we had a number of these 1986 trucks and the glow plugs never worked. Our mechanic ran a 3/4 heater tube from a grille opening to the air intake. any
time the truck was sitting for a while we just gave it a small shot od either into the tube .Worked great!
 
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