2008 Ford F350 How to Start a Diesel Engine - CarNationCanada.com

2008 Ford F350
How to Start a Diesel Engine


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Video by Mike Rudat, Georgetown Kia
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---Diesel engines, unlike petrol engines, do not use spark plugs to induce combustion. Instead, they rely solely on compression. The piston rises, compressing the air in the cylinder; this, by natural effect, causes the air's temperature to rise. By the time the piston reaches the top of its travel path, the temperature in the cylinder is very high. The fuel mist is then sprayed into the cylinder; it instantly combusts, forcing the piston downwards, thus generating power. The pressure required to heat the air to that temperature, however, necessitates the use of a large and very strong engine block. The problem posed is that in cold weather, if the engine has not been running (as is the case when the car is left to sit overnight), that large engine block becomes very cold; when one then attempts to start the engine, the cold engine block acts as a heat sink, quickly dissipating the heat generated by the pistons compressing air. The engine is then unable to start, because it can not generate and maintain enough heat for the fuel to ignite. For that reason indirect injected diesel engines are manufactured with glow-plugs in each prechamber.

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[strumem90]

How to start a diesel engine: Put key in ignition and rotate, wait for pre-heat light to turn off, rotate key until motor starts. Optional: Pants

[Battlefield2Lvr]

@sstroh08 Fords have glow plugs. Dodges have grid heaters.

[bababooey7576]

haha 905 area code.

[grasscutter88]

They never turn over smooth. They shake the whole truck to death. Same with shutting it off.

[linkthemain]

@TheTerminator310 ha..

[sstroh08]

the glow plugs simply warm the combustion chamber to fire it, it runs off of the heat generated by compression, and i believe the truck you were using doesnt have glow plugs at all instead it has a grid heater in the intake that warms the air before it enters the heads

[OfficerSheepDog]

Dude you look just like me O.o