Hi, so ive done a lot of searching and have not gotten a straight answer. I have a hj47 (2h) and the previous owner installed manual glow plug button and push start. Its winter here in Vancouver, not super cold but sometimes -2 to +8 if I glow for 20 seconds it fires up right away but will soon stutter and cough out some smoke for a a min, then smoothen out an no smoke. ive read that some glow plugs on some trucks stay glowing while the engine runs till its at a certain temp. If I hold the glow down when Ifeel the engine about to stutter an smoke it smooths it out and doesnt smoke or stutter. so. Is this bad? am I gonna need new plugs soon if I keep doing this? hurt anything else or totally fine and normal?
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