schweizer
Gold Member
Hi guys,
In the past few days I've had quite a bit of trouble starting my Kioti. Bought new in Aug 2008, DK45SE HST, about 450 hours on it now. Starter cranks and cranks, lots of white smoke. After lots of cranking and glow plug use, it finally coughs to life with a cloud of dark smoke. It's almost acting like the glow plugs are not working, but I hear the click of the relay, and the light on the dash works (not that that means anything). Is there an easy way to check the glow plugs? Once the engine is warm or even after running for just 30-60 secs, it will restart just fine after turning it off. I've read a bunch about injection pumps on this forum, but this doesn't appear to be related. Thanks for any help.
Marcus
In the past few days I've had quite a bit of trouble starting my Kioti. Bought new in Aug 2008, DK45SE HST, about 450 hours on it now. Starter cranks and cranks, lots of white smoke. After lots of cranking and glow plug use, it finally coughs to life with a cloud of dark smoke. It's almost acting like the glow plugs are not working, but I hear the click of the relay, and the light on the dash works (not that that means anything). Is there an easy way to check the glow plugs? Once the engine is warm or even after running for just 30-60 secs, it will restart just fine after turning it off. I've read a bunch about injection pumps on this forum, but this doesn't appear to be related. Thanks for any help.
Marcus