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glow plugs
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:25 pm
by flatlander
ok cant be bothered to google and probably wouldnt understand the answer anyway...
so glow plugs do they do anything apart from starting in a diesel engine especially say economy
just curious generally
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:28 pm
by D-Rider
No
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:57 pm
by Cathcart
In modern cars I don't think they do anything until temperature is below a certain degree. Sure its -2 or something.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:15 pm
by D-Rider
Sorry - forgot - they also seal a hole in the cylinder head - without them you'd have no compression.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:20 pm
by flatlander
glad I didn't ask about butt plugs then
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:38 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
ah
Martdude is the expert there - I believe that after his Hog Roast Sponsorship finished, he became quite the expert...
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:36 am
by MartDude
Not so much a glow plug, more a glow butt, with plug ejected forcibly.