f350 diesel glow plug illumination

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Topic: f350 diesel glow plug illumination

Posted By: lazorus
Subject: f350 diesel glow plug illumination
Date Posted: December 13, 2008 at 10:35 PM

Quick question -- 2006 F350 SD with 6.0 diesel, when unit is remote started, with 10 sec delay timer counting down, should the glow plug coil in the instrument cluster be illuminated? It seems like the glow plugs function, the unit starts great. First time installing in a diesel. Thanks in advance.

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Posted By: reax222
Date Posted: December 14, 2008 at 3:56 AM

I would suspect so, because your just bypassing the key. When the Ign wire is energized, the glowplugs should start warming the engine. Once it reaches a certain temp, then they shut down. It shouldn't matter if the key turns on IGN or if the remote start supplies power.

Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 14, 2008 at 5:48 AM

your unit should have a glow plug input. if you wire up the glow plug inputt then even on the coldest days, the unit will know exactly when the plug is hot enough then begin remote start sequence.

Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: December 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM

tedmond wrote:

your unit should have a glow plug input. if you wire up the glow plug inputt then even on the coldest days, the unit will know exactly when the plug is hot enough then begin remote start sequence.

only problem is that you cant wire in to the glow plug wire on an 06 6.0 ford because there is no wire you can tie in to, its done through data.

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM

There are 2 ignition and 2 accessory wires on that vehicle. Did you get both of them?

Battery	YELLOW , LIGHT GREEN/ VIOLET	(+)	AT IGNITION SWITCH
Ignition 1	RED / LIGHT GREEN	(+)	AT IGNITION SWITCH
Ignition 2	RED / BLACK	(+)	AT IGNITION SWITCH
Accessory 1	GREY / YELLOW	(+)	AT IGNITION SWITCH
Accessory 2	DARK BLUE/LIGHT BLUE	(+)	IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Starter 1	DARK GREEN	(+)	AT IGNITION SWITCH

Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 14, 2008 at 3:27 PM

ckeeler, thanks for the info. does any data bypass offer a glow plug output ? i know most data bypasses have tach which isnt the greatest, but at least they have it.

Posted By: mikvot
Date Posted: December 14, 2008 at 3:59 PM

Any decent system comes with an adjustable delay for diesel motors, so a glow plug wire is not needed. This is besides the point anyways, as this was not the posters original question. Lazorus, check out what I am an idiot said.

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Posted By: lazorus
Date Posted: December 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM

thanks for the replies, it turns out I had a bad output on a wire in the remote, wouldnt send a (-) , switched wire and reprogrammed, works fine now, and yes, it should illuminate. Thanks

Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: December 17, 2008 at 3:47 PM

tedmond wrote:

ckeeler, thanks for the info. does any data bypass offer a glow plug output ? i know most data bypasses have tach which isnt the greatest, but at least they have it.

that would be nice, although i dont know of any that do. probably because its not that needed because the units can be programmed. oh well posted_image

Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 18, 2008 at 10:32 AM

Haven't we been here before about a month ago?

Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: December 18, 2008 at 7:10 PM

howie ll wrote:

Haven't we been here before about a month ago?

hehe, yea. that guys stuff must be working finally. no more questions, and its way cold in Colorado right now.

Posted By: mikvot
Date Posted: December 19, 2008 at 12:50 AM

Man, I miss Colorado..................

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Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: December 19, 2008 at 8:45 AM

mikvot wrote:

Man, I miss Colorado..................

hey which part mikvot? in right near the border, about 30 mins from Durango

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