Fun fact: if you dont have a heat gun, hairdryer works too just switch it to low airflow so the coils can heat up more. Helped a neighbour once that has a very high milage vw golf 1.9tdi and his glowplugs gone one winter, and had no money to replace it, and I saw him tryna start it in the morning, and it wouldnt, no surprise after 700k miles cant start with no glowplugs in freezing cold. Used this trick with a hair dryer and it took 2-3 mins of blowing air in but worked in the end lol.
Hi Caveman, When I was young I used to fuel the city trucks for Franks Nursery in Detroit. Part of my job was tire pressure, engine oil, coolant etc, but I vividly recall replacing the ether can on the motor. Those were 250 Cummins engines and there was a place to mount the can so the operator could spray it from the driver seat. Also, some of the older Detroit Diesels I worked on at Awrey Bakery had a "Pill" that you put into the top of the supercharger and crush it releasing just the right amount of ether. Over my 70 years I have used ether 100's of times, without any problem. I always just started with a tiny amount and see what it does. The only thing I did was break piston ring lands on all 3cyl's of a Perkins English Ford Super Dexta, but that's because I used to starting fluid to rev the engine up not realizing how high I was revving it. My Dad had done the same thing to it years befor but in his case he had filled the whole oil bath air cleaner, tube and manifold with so much it started up and over revved. I wasn't there when he did it but he told me he had a dead battery and by about the 4th time he attempted to start it, he'd filled it up w/ so much starting fluid that it took off on him. I was just trying to bleed the air after filter change.
I am now in my 70s when I first started with diesel engines my job was to start all the old trucks in the sawmill ,we used an old burning rag at the intake manifold worked no problem , sorted ? James Stewart X soldier UK
Thank you so much you saved me the cost of a tow on my Military Humvee. It would not start I guess my glow plugs have failed. Took a heat gun and connected to my intake and she started right up.👍👍👍👍👍
Makes perfect sense as the piston compresses air to get it hot enough so the injected diesel can ignite. By heating the air up that goes into the engine you help the process of combustion. I’ve tried this method months ago in our diesel John Deere gator, it worked great!
That was genius! How about if while is so cold you cover the generator with a plastic tarp, a box of wood, or even cardboard box if not raining or snowing, sort of to cut the heaviest cold towards it, do you still need the heat gun?
Lol going to try this so funny! I've replaced a bunch of fuel related parts. I will get back to you....thats exactly what my tractor is doing. I'm going to replace the glow plug timer. I think they call it the ECM. Lol This one great thanks.
Are you asking about the Kubota generator in the video? I actually never diagnosed or fixed the original problem. I don't run the generator that often. Most of the time it doesn't need the GPs here in TX.
@@JamesBeardagon yes, my tractor has similar issues starting up. Jump start didn't work. Starter smokes a little. I'm trying to troubleshoot things out before I replace glow plugs or other things.
You can do it all the time if you have power just by putting a cube heater in the space and letting it run for a while. If it blows on the block it will heat the block. It can take a lot longer though ...like an hour!..
Make note: must have generator that starts to power heat gun to start generator. Just kidding I've used that trick myself. Fix them glow plugs! That's a good generator. Kubota makes a nice engine shouldn't be a bad fix
What temperature where you running the heat gun at? Mine diesel on my log splitter is doing the same, i suspect its the relay or something which is faulty though.
I don't know exactly, it just has a high and low setting. Most heat guns like that run around 1000 degrees on high. Yea, it seems pretty common for the issue to be relay related. How big is your log splitter?
@@JamesBeardagonits running a Nissan td23 motor. Has 5 inch ram with a single stage hydraulic pump, 300 litre oil tank. My heat gun has 3 settings and is digital temperature adjustable from about 100 to 700 degrees, i will try at the highest setting today and see if it starts it. Thanks
To start the old Diesel Lorries ln Winter take the top of the Breather roll up an old news paper put a Match to it stick it down the plpe press the Button start up take paper out this was in the 60s.
Makes me wonder....if all it needs is warm air, why use glow plugs...which seem to fail all the time, why not some kind of intake heater that blows hot air instead? Only 40 today and my diesel is just saying no to starting, will have to try this.
Some of the modern trucks use intake heaters instead of glow plugs. I know Cummins does in light and medium duty applications. In my experience, I think intake heaters are far superior to glow plugs.
@@JamesBeardagon After doing some searching I noticed that was the case, I had already been contemplating an engine swap, this just makes me even more inclined to do it. Was thinking a 4 or 6bt. They seem reliable since they're mostly mechanical.
No it doesn't. Technically no internal combustion engine has to have an air filter to run. Air filters are to clean the air going in. It is ill-advised to run an engine without an air filter any longer than you have to.
@TheCavemanCan thank you my lly diesel is having engine work done and the mechanic told me I need to purchase the air box so they can start it. It was damaged in a accident
I can see how that would be effective at starting the engine, but I don't advise doing that for anything more than an emergency. It could damage the engine.
A heat gun, or your gfs hair dryer, or flame from torch, or even small amount of oil, will do the same job. If the engine is in good condition. Either is no no, unless nothing else works. But then engine is in need of some help.
Yes, this theoretically works on any diesel engine. You just have to figure out a way to warm the intake manifold. Just be careful not to melt anything that isn't metal.
This Idea isn`t new. Here in England we set fire to some newspaper and hold it over the intake as we crank it. We`ve been doing that for years, certainly since before I was apprenticed in 1971. Tell us something that we don`t know. Paul.
@@torchyboyz actually if anybody needs to keep their nose out of it it's you buddy because you know it all already. He posted this video for people who didn't know about it not know-it-alls.
Fun fact: if you dont have a heat gun, hairdryer works too just switch it to low airflow so the coils can heat up more. Helped a neighbour once that has a very high milage vw golf 1.9tdi and his glowplugs gone one winter, and had no money to replace it, and I saw him tryna start it in the morning, and it wouldnt, no surprise after 700k miles cant start with no glowplugs in freezing cold. Used this trick with a hair dryer and it took 2-3 mins of blowing air in but worked in the end lol.
Wow that is a great idea that I never thought of. Thanks for sharing. Been working on Diesel engines for 30 years and never heard of that idea.
Hi Caveman, When I was young I used to fuel the city trucks for Franks Nursery in Detroit. Part of my job was tire pressure, engine oil, coolant etc, but I vividly recall replacing the ether can on the motor. Those were 250 Cummins engines and there was a place to mount the can so the operator could spray it from the driver seat. Also, some of the older Detroit Diesels I worked on at Awrey Bakery had a "Pill" that you put into the top of the supercharger and crush it releasing just the right amount of ether. Over my 70 years I have used ether 100's of times, without any problem. I always just started with a tiny amount and see what it does. The only thing I did was break piston ring lands on all 3cyl's of a Perkins English Ford Super Dexta, but that's because I used to starting fluid to rev the engine up not realizing how high I was revving it. My Dad had done the same thing to it years befor but in his case he had filled the whole oil bath air cleaner, tube and manifold with so much it started up and over revved. I wasn't there when he did it but he told me he had a dead battery and by about the 4th time he attempted to start it, he'd filled it up w/ so much starting fluid that it took off on him. I was just trying to bleed the air after filter change.
I am now in my 70s when I first started with diesel engines my job was to start all the old trucks in the sawmill ,we used an old burning rag at the intake manifold worked no problem , sorted ? James Stewart X soldier UK
Propane torch works just fine too. A lit one.
I've heard of re inventing the wheel, never reinventing the grid heater. It works tho.
That heat gun fixed .I love that idea.great job
Thank you so much you saved me the cost of a tow on my Military Humvee. It would not start I guess my glow plugs have failed. Took a heat gun and connected to my intake and she started right up.👍👍👍👍👍
I got a cordless heat gun because it was on clearance and I’ve never had a use for it but after seeing this truck now I know it was destiny
Makes perfect sense as the piston compresses air to get it hot enough so the injected diesel can ignite. By heating the air up that goes into the engine you help the process of combustion. I’ve tried this method months ago in our diesel John Deere gator, it worked great!
I leave a 300w halogen in my hood at night. Works good.
Great tip. Short and to the point.
Thats what I like about this. No merch plugs, not a 5 minute intro, just case and point.
That was genius! How about if while is so cold you cover the generator with a plastic tarp, a box of wood, or even cardboard box if not raining or snowing, sort of to cut the heaviest cold towards it, do you still need the heat gun?
Lol going to try this so funny! I've replaced a bunch of fuel related parts. I will get back to you....thats exactly what my tractor is doing. I'm going to replace the glow plug timer. I think they call it the ECM. Lol This one great thanks.
You learn something new every day. 👍👍👍
Not heating the cylinders. Your giving it warm air and it likes it 😉
Very cool dude, first time I’ve seen this one
Appreciated! My digger has pretty poor compression and winter kills it. Will try this!
Did it work?
@@Jamppa. no unfortunately. The fuel filter broke up and choked the fuel pump.
Thanks so much! I gotta try that on my 7.3!
Very clever idea. Never heard about that one. Tks for sharing
If it don’t ignite will you get a little blue smoke and a little grey until it warms up then it goes away only cold mornings here in canada
What was the issue?
Glow plugs?
Glow plug relay(heater relay)
Starter or solenoid?
Are you asking about the Kubota generator in the video? I actually never diagnosed or fixed the original problem. I don't run the generator that often. Most of the time it doesn't need the GPs here in TX.
@@JamesBeardagon yes, my tractor has similar issues starting up. Jump start didn't work. Starter smokes a little. I'm trying to troubleshoot things out before I replace glow plugs or other things.
You can do it all the time if you have power just by putting a cube heater in the space and letting it run for a while. If it blows on the block it will heat the block. It can take a lot longer though ...like an hour!..
Make note: must have generator that starts to power heat gun to start generator. Just kidding I've used that trick myself. Fix them glow plugs! That's a good generator. Kubota makes a nice engine shouldn't be a bad fix
Great idea Thanks
What temperature where you running the heat gun at? Mine diesel on my log splitter is doing the same, i suspect its the relay or something which is faulty though.
I don't know exactly, it just has a high and low setting. Most heat guns like that run around 1000 degrees on high. Yea, it seems pretty common for the issue to be relay related. How big is your log splitter?
@@JamesBeardagonits running a Nissan td23 motor. Has 5 inch ram with a single stage hydraulic pump, 300 litre oil tank.
My heat gun has 3 settings and is digital temperature adjustable from about 100 to 700 degrees, i will try at the highest setting today and see if it starts it. Thanks
That's a big splitter.
To start the old Diesel Lorries ln Winter take the top of the Breather roll up an old news paper put a Match to it stick it down the plpe press the Button start up take paper out this was in the 60s.
Great fix man👍
We have been using a hairdryer, but we warm up the whole engine bay. It’s slower than this videos technique at about 10 minutes.
Makes me wonder....if all it needs is warm air, why use glow plugs...which seem to fail all the time, why not some kind of intake heater that blows hot air instead? Only 40 today and my diesel is just saying no to starting, will have to try this.
Some of the modern trucks use intake heaters instead of glow plugs. I know Cummins does in light and medium duty applications. In my experience, I think intake heaters are far superior to glow plugs.
@@JamesBeardagon After doing some searching I noticed that was the case, I had already been contemplating an engine swap, this just makes me even more inclined to do it. Was thinking a 4 or 6bt. They seem reliable since they're mostly mechanical.
Thst could be a good replacement for glow plug,
Awesome trick
Holy smokey's that was awesome lol 😎👍 best thing since sliced bread
Huh. nifty trick.
That's great if you have a 110 outlet handy
Now there is the dewalt battery powered heat gun.
Cordless M18 heat guns are amazing.
Other people have commented about using a lit propane torch to achieve the same result. Use at your own risk!
Does a diesel truck need to have the air filter on in order to start.
No it doesn't. Technically no internal combustion engine has to have an air filter to run. Air filters are to clean the air going in. It is ill-advised to run an engine without an air filter any longer than you have to.
@TheCavemanCan thank you my lly diesel is having engine work done and the mechanic told me I need to purchase the air box so they can start it. It was damaged in a accident
Impressive
The little lights aren't twinkling....
Well, the world is a twisted place...
Another tip is you can also spray brake cleaner in the intake manifold then hit the gas pedal full while starting the engine.
I can see how that would be effective at starting the engine, but I don't advise doing that for anything more than an emergency. It could damage the engine.
Personally Brake cleaner work better
@@matthewpangilinan5653 i mean yeah brake cleaner not fluid my bad
My glow plugs don't work....I should try your method
A heat gun, or your gfs hair dryer, or flame from torch, or even small amount of oil, will do the same job. If the engine is in good condition. Either is no no, unless nothing else works. But then engine is in need of some help.
Great ...thanks
That method wont melt stuff in your intake?
Only if you have a metal intake manifold. I don't recommend this method for any other manifold material type, like plastic.
I use brake clean quirted on the air intake :D
very smart!
Why are my plugs not turning on?
There can be a lot of factors that would make your glow plugs not work. You might want to search online for your specific vehicle and symptoms.
@@JamesBeardagon I got it. The glow plugs selenoid was just stuck.
Thankss worm Brian.. today my brain turn jnto mouse brain
genius!
Damn,that's gangster..
engine maybe worn low compression.
That's possible, but that generator has really low hours.
This works in trucks right
Yes, this theoretically works on any diesel engine. You just have to figure out a way to warm the intake manifold. Just be careful not to melt anything that isn't metal.
@@JamesBeardagon hmm a heat gun good idea?
@@JamesBeardagon thx m8 I’ll definitely need to do this at some point
That's an old trick, prior to that was a rag soaked in diesel & set light to
Cool,
What kind of heat gun is that?
Looks like one from Harbor Freight
Cerdas
I use a hair dryer.
Melt your plastic intake manifold at the same time :)
Definitely don't use this method on a plastic intake manifold.
@@JamesBeardagon oh tay lol 😃🤣
geinus
This Idea isn`t new. Here in England we set fire to some newspaper and hold it over the intake as we crank it. We`ve been doing that for years, certainly since before I was apprenticed in 1971. Tell us something that we don`t know. Paul.
Not trying to take credit for the idea. I couldn't find other videos showing that method. I was just trying to be helpful.
This video wasn't for you boy
@@ramblin_man23 Who asked you Pal? Keep your nose out.
@@torchyboyz actually if anybody needs to keep their nose out of it it's you buddy because you know it all already. He posted this video for people who didn't know about it not know-it-alls.
@@ramblin_man23 You`re just annoyed because you didn`t know the trick. What a dumbo. Keep your nose out of things that you don`t know about, Karen.