Thread: My smoking ISUZU

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Mark Calder at British Off Road is suggesting that maybe the glow olugs aren't working. I never even knew I had glow plugs but opened the hood and there they are. There is no control visible in the cab and the engine cranks the moment you hit the key - is there normally a delay?

Plans for the LT95 overdrive have been delayed as we would need to sell several hundred to recover tooling costs. I'm waiting for overall sales in Oz to pick up a bit.

Originally Posted by tallergypsy

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Mark Calder at British Off Road is suggesting that maybe the glow olugs aren't working. I never even knew I had glow plugs but opened the hood and there they are. There is no control visible in the cab and the engine cranks the moment you hit the key - is there normally a delay?

Plans for the LT95 overdrive have been delayed as we would need to sell several hundred to recover tooling costs. I'm waiting for overall sales in Oz to pick up a bit.

The glow plugs are there for extreme cold weather I highly doubt they will be the cause of this problem...I like some others on here have never had the glow plugs connected.
Having said that I do now have them connected to a momentary push button switch so I can make life easier for when I goto the snow.

Originally Posted by tallergypsy

Plans for the LT95 overdrive have been delayed as we would need to sell several hundred to recover tooling costs. I'm waiting for overall sales in Oz to pick up a bit.

Thanks Ray. I picked up a Fairy overdrive for the LT95 pretty cheap a while back. Once I get the vehicle running properly I might install it, then start a sweep on how many kms I get before the thing self destructs

Originally Posted by tallergypsy

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Mark Calder at British Off Road is suggesting that maybe the glow olugs aren't working. I never even knew I had glow plugs but opened the hood and there they are. There is no control visible in the cab and the engine cranks the moment you hit the key - is there normally a delay?

Plans for the LT95 overdrive have been delayed as we would need to sell several hundred to recover tooling costs. I'm waiting for overall sales in Oz to pick up a bit.

The glow plugs are purely decorative items. Even in a CA winter. That isn't your problem unless you are very down on compression.

There should be an orange light on your dash which glows for an instant while cranking. That is the GP indicator. Connected or disconnecetd it should start the same.

An Isuzu Pistin at 83 K not the problem here but more smoke than you would
think possible . ( oil drain hole drilled to far)