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Axledragger
Explorer
Jan 04, 2017

Diesel engine hard to start. But runs great.HELP

I have an airstream motorhome with a Cummins diesel type C engine with only 45000 miles. I have never had a starting issue. Now It only has a problem at cold start (67 degrees) after that it starts ri...
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3_tons
Explorer III
Jan 04, 2017
jules6 wrote:
I had a Ford that started to be hard to start when cold and it turned out to be the glow plug relay went bad.


Cummins uses a grid heater in lieu of glow plugs...

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