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Old 01-05-2005, 01:59 AM
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Harder starting
I just tightend my gov springs 2 clicks on each. Idle went up to about 900. It started fine. Then I bumped the idle down to about 550 and it takes a couple of engine cycles to start the truck unless I give it a tad of fuel with the pedal, then it starts fine. Is this normal?
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This is normal when idle is set too low. Cummins says set it at 750. Mine starts before the first revolution.
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Before I adjusted the gov springs thats where the idle was set and it started fine......
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The engine is happier at 750 RPM idle.
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ok, you convinced me , I will bump it and see how it likes it
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