Several of us drive our LX2610. I hit the glow plugs for a few seconds at just above freezing when starting, as stipulated in the manual. One of us says the dealer said to heat them for up to a minute. A few seconds works for me, and a minute seems too long. Can the glow plugs be damaged if heated for too long? Seems like we have conflicting instructions. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.
LX2610 glow plug timing discrepancy.
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GreensvilleJay
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Yes, you can burn out a glow plug if powered for too long. Since day one, I've used 4 or 5 'steamboats' to preheat my BX23S, It's always started nicely. 5 years ago I changed to 5 flashes of the 4way signals, as they're always on when key is on.
technically you need more glow plug time the colder it is, as the block sucks away the heat, but yeesh a MINUTE ? Sounds like the dealer doesn't OWN and USE what he sells.
technically you need more glow plug time the colder it is, as the block sucks away the heat, but yeesh a MINUTE ? Sounds like the dealer doesn't OWN and USE what he sells.
Go by what your manual says. The dealer doesn't have a clue what the hell he is talking about....or he wants to sell some glow plugs.
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Old Kubota's needed a minute but none of the Kubota's in the last 30+ years need to be heated that long.
It really had nothing to do with how long it takes to heat the plugs, they heat within seconds, it had to do with how long it took to heat the space the plugs were in.
Old head designs used a large prechamber and had poor heat transfer thus it needed a long preheat time.
I use about 5 Mississippi's year round here in Central Oregon. 80F or 0F, don't matter. Starts right up.
I use about 5 seconds, and only when the temperature is near freezing. When it gets down to the single digits or less (F) I plug in the block heater for a half hour or so before starting.