It MUST be true... I read it on the internet...

... and right HERE, on this very forum!!!

"Well, yeah Wolfie, we all read lotsa stuff here..."

Correct, but there was one little teeny weeny little thing I read on here about a year ago, and I adopted it's practice.

"Oh, do tell Wolfie... do tell..."

I remember reading a thread, which related to the difficulty in starting diesels on cold mornings.
One chap wrote in.....

.... turn the key, wait till you hear the first click, which means the glow plugs are now on their lower power setting, turn off, and turn on straight away again... maybe even repeat another time.

The idea is to get 'em real hot!

Been doin' that.... They're knackered!!!!! New plugs...... lasted 11 months. When I told my auto electrician what I'd been doing, he just walked away from me.... shaking his head...

So, I was standing there, in his workshop, all alone, when I seen my EO sticker on the rear window.... thinking of all those Hogan's Hero's episodes we saw on the telly, where colonel Klink raises his fist, and says....."....Hogan......."

So.... DON'T do this.... very, very bad...

If it doesn't start on the first go, give 'em a couple of minutes to cool back down, then retry.

Cheers...

Wolfie