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Question Low Voltage on start up: Battery light on

Hey Dave is there a diagram of where the glowplugs are, pinout, grounding points for the electrical system? Sorry for my ignorents. this is my first diesel. I suspected a glow plug was shorted back in dec. I pulled the fuel heater relay to see if that was pulling some amps also. Any other...
- chromedom
- Post #11
- May 1, 2009
- Forum: 6.0L PowerStroke Engine & Drivetrain
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Question Low Voltage on start up: Battery light on

My batteries were replaced last december along with the alt. Nope it don't die after a few days. Got the truck back from dealer today with no problem found. As DaveBen thinks on a shorted glow plug, that was my suspision back in december.
- chromedom
- Post #10
- May 1, 2009
- Forum: 6.0L PowerStroke Engine & Drivetrain
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Question Low Voltage on start up: Battery light on

Thanks for the reply. I should of added that both batteries and alt were replaced in the last few months for other reasons. The battries were first to repair the "won't start when below 32 deg." problem. Than when that didn't fix it they replaced the Alt which I didn't see the connection because...
- chromedom
- Post #3
- Apr 29, 2009
- Forum: 6.0L PowerStroke Engine & Drivetrain
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Question Low Voltage on start up: Battery light on

Hi, I'm another new guy. But this site has helped me alot. My 2004 F350 6.0L starts fine and my voltmeter (dash mount) says about 12.2 volts after starting. Normally after a few min. it shows about 14.7 volts. Which I think is the glow plugs drawing it down for a short time. Now when I start it...
- chromedom
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- Apr 29, 2009
- Replies: 11
- Forum: 6.0L PowerStroke Engine & Drivetrain