# Glow plugs gone awry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 10, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/glow-plugs-gone-awry/8209 "2007-12-10T22:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jennegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@jennegreen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jennegreen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/glow-plugs-gone-awry/8209/1 "2007-12-10T22:28:03Z")
Yesterday I let a dumb boy go warm my car up for me. When I reallized he probably didn’t know how to start my truck he had already been cranking on it for a couple minutes. This morning when I went to start my truck it would turn over and die after trying to hang on for about 15 - 30 seconds. After doing this a few times I decided to let the glow plugs warm for about a minute after the coil extiguished on my dash. After about the third time of doing that it worked and my truck idled at a normal speed. Did this guy kill a couple of my plugs? How do I check to see if they are bad? Will I chip a nail if I attempt this myself (haha)? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/glow-plugs-gone-awry/8209/2 "2007-12-11T01:56:31Z")
I doubt if he killed any glow plugs, but he may had done in your battery. ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/glow-plugs-gone-awry/8209/3 "2007-12-11T05:11:07Z")
See how it starts the next time it’s cold. It’s more likely that he just dumped a bunch of fuel into the engine by cranking on it so long. If it starts normally in the cold, don’t worry about it.