My husband 1981 Fleetwood won't started

Asked by Thickredbone Jun 22, 2016 at 06:40 PM about the 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Coupe RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My husband 1981 cadillac fleetwood won't started,
its a diesel engine. Can somebody please help me
out what could it be.

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Auto_Centric answered 7 years ago

Those diesel Cadillac's were and are a nightmare. How long has it been NOT running?

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Thickredbone answered 7 years ago

The glow plugs have carbon build up on it we put power to it with jumper cables and the carbon build up burnt off we test it with a test light on the relay switch comes on it comes on but the glow plug won't heat up

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