Driving this weekend my Wait to start light started to blink after the engine started to run. I would blink three times and then go out. I searched the forum and could not find any thing on this problem. What is the engine trying to tell me?
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Wait to Start Light Blinking after start.
Driving this weekend my Wait to start light started to blink after the engine started to run. I would blink three times and then go out. I searched the forum and could not find any thing on this problem. What is the engine trying to tell me?
1999 Suburban 2500 6.5TD Chicago, IL
Missy Good Wench ( Moderator)
Most of these do.
My 94 will do it a couple times quickly after the initial glow time.
As long as the sucker does not stay on too long or keep on blinking its fine.
The old 6.2's would cycle several times after the initial start up.
This was done to reduce smoke during the first few minutes of run time.
You generally see this more when the weather is cold on the later trucks.
Hope this helps
Robyn
(1) 1995 Suburban 2500 4x4
(1) 1997 Astro
(1) 2005 Suburban (Papa Smurf)
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Don't worry, this behavior is normal. The PCM pulses the glow plugs briefly after the engine starts to keep the tips hot and engine firing smoothly. Colder temps results in longer pulse times.
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The Todd
Yeh, they usually refer to this as "afterglow". It's normal.
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Thanks for the help.
1999 Suburban 2500 6.5TD Chicago, IL
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that answered my qustion too
I was wondering if that was the case. This forum is great!
thanks!
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