GLow Plugs

[osus86diesel]

I purchased new glow plugs today and was wondering if anyone had used champion glow plugs from Napa and if there is anything I need to watch out for with them. Should I return them and get something else or will I be okay with these?

Thanks guys!

 

[GenLightening]

Don't put them in your engine! They tend to swell and break (if they don't burn out first)which will ruin your year. Take them back and look for Beru/Motorcraft. You'll probably have to get them online.

 

[CDX825]

What he said! Also watch pulling the old ones out. If they are anything besides Beru/Motorcraft you may have problems.

 

[david85]

What they said. DON'T USE THEM!!!!

Don't even take them out of the box.

Use the block heater to cold start it until you can get good beru/motorcraft glow plugs.

 

[vmax3_2001]

Hey man, go to Ryder Fleet Products and get yourself some ZD9 motorcraft plugs, they are fairly inexpensive I paid $10.83 a piece, not a bad price. The only problem I had was they back ordered them so I had to yell at the service rep to get the supplier to ship them to me. P# W83ZD9

 

[OLDBULL8]

If you have a IH truck dealer near you, they have the ZD9 motorcraft. At leaste they do in Lima .

 

[osus86diesel]

Thanks guys! I will head over to the other side of Columbus tomorrow to the international truck shop. I guess convenience isn't always the best answer....

 

[Agnem]

Champion
Autolite

There's a long list of inadequate plugs. Beru is best. Period.

 

[david85]

That was a close one....

 

[osus86diesel]

Ordered the Beru plugs from fleetsource.com today, only 8.30 a plug

 

[BigRigTech]

I got a bill for 2 Beru's I order through work from my local IH dealer....$63 for two!!!...I just about **** then I was pissed....I paid $42 for 2 last time but the Ford dealers want even more....

 

[Andylad13]

Ordered the Beru plugs from fleetsource.com today, only 8.30 a plug

i just did too. good price. its funny how they show the borg warner plugs as berus.

 

[howards@howard]

bad glow plugs

On a 1989 7.3 IDI as a maintenance procedure on a perfectly good running truck I put in 8 new accurate diesel glow plugs. after one day the truck no start 30 degrees outside. I put in new relay thinking that the new plugs may have did it in still no start. I checked the plugs 5 out of the 8 new plugs no good. What do you figure happened?

I smashed open the old relay it was worn out but not welded. Who makes a good relay maybe like the gas filled ones on the PSD's? Should I suspect the controller too???

 

[CDX825]

What brand where the glow plugs?

 

[howards@howard]

The glow plugs are made for Accurate diesel and sold by them. Go to there web site. They were recommended from this Forum. They calm to be the highest quality. I don't think they are the problem. I have been doing this my whole life and I have never seen a controller burn out a whole set of brand new plugs.