2006-06-21 13:49:23 · 10 answers · asked by Beeman11 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
i pushed my diesel rabbit EVERY morning for a month until i got my glow plugs fixed -it wasn't fun but it kept me slim-lol
2006-06-21 19:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by badmts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ANY car can be push started, but only if it is a manual transmission. When they went to only using a front pump on automatic transmissions, they also lost the ability to push start cars with auto transmissions. Diesel engines are much higher compression than gasoline engines, so it will be harder to push start, and you'd still have to turn on the "glow plug" so that the fuel will fire.
2006-06-21 14:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by piper54alpha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it can. As long as it has a manual transmission.
*** For those of you who CLAIM to be mechanically inclined, "glow plugs" only assist combustion in a COLD engine but have nothing to do with the combustion itself. Diesel engines are COMPRESSION combustion engines ( and if you don't know what that means, the "combustion" mof fuel in the cylinder takes place due to compression force only, no "spark" is required. )unlike gasoline engines which require a spark ( although a gas engine with a manual transmission can also be push started as long as there is sufficient voltage to create a spark ) ALSO, IF YOU WANT A GOOD LAUGH, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN "JEFF" OR ANYONE ELSE SPRAYS STARTING FLUID IN AN ENGINE WITH HOT GLOW PLUGS ! ( What do you think would happen when you spray a HIGHLY flammable gas into an enclosed area with an ignition source ? )
2006-06-21 13:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by jcalaz2003 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just had to laugh at this Joe character. Glow plugs, yes, they need electricity...but you don't always need them to start. If it refuses to start without glow plugs hot....spray some starting fluid in it and it will get going. Automatic transmissions that have the pump in the tailshaft can be pushstarted, but very few are made that way these days.
2006-06-21 14:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by jeff s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you buy a new battery. You cannot push start the car every time.
2006-06-21 14:06:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,,,it wont start,,it has been proven time and time again,,the glow plugs must have voltage to heat up,and even then sometimes when it is cold you need to use starting fluid,,the compression is so high on a diesel,,it has to have voltage,otherwise your gonna get really aggravated at your self.
2006-06-21 17:39:03 · answer #6 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its stick of course but u can hurt it so i would buy a battery
2006-06-21 15:41:38 · answer #7 · answered by davey d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, use second gear or the tires will just skid
2006-06-21 16:00:12 · answer #8 · answered by webman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, glow plugs need ignition.
2006-06-21 14:39:18 · answer #9 · answered by joe_gudonis2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-06-21 13:54:01 · answer #10 · answered by rjrod23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋