My Yanmar 2GM dont have them and dont need them. In south Carolina where the temp is always higher than my age they start up with no problems.
On 5/16/13, David Risch <davidrisc...@msn.com> wrote: > OK...I gotta ask. > > I have a 1981 3QM30. Purrs like a kitten. > > No glow plug. Start up cold just fine. Just a few more cranks. Before > this engine I thought all diesels had glow plugs. > > What gives? > > > David F. Risch > (401) 419-4650 (cell) > > > Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 04:07:54 +0000 > From: cscheaf...@comcast.net > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Starting a Universal > > David, > The glow plugs are only needed when the engine is cold. I hold that glow > plug button for at least 30secs. Rule of Thumb: Take 100, subtract the > water temp and hold it for those seconds, and you should be good for a first > try. If the water is 40 F, hold the button for 60 seconds. If the water is > 70, hold for 30 seconds. Count 1000 one, 1000 two and so on, or use a > watch. > > Once the engine starts and has warmed up, we go sailing, shutdown the engine > and later I restart the engine without needing glowplugs. > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > From: "David Knecht" <davidakne...@gmail.com> > To: "CnC CnC discussion list" <CnC-List@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:51:50 PM > Subject: Stus-List Starting a Universal > > I have only had a few tries at starting the M430 engine on my new boat, and > I have been told several different stories. One person said to hold the > glow plug button for 5-10 seconds and then start. Another said 30 seconds > on the glow plug and then leave the button pushed while also pushing the > starter. The latter worked when I was first starting the engine after the > winter while plugged into shore power. Yesterday I started it for the first > time without shore power and found that the starter did not kick at all if I > started while also holding the glow plug button. Started find when I let go > the glow plug button. What is the "normal" starting procedure with a cold > engine in cool weather. Warm weather? Warm engine? Thanks- Dave > > > David KnechtAries1990 C&C 34+New London, CT > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com -- “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
