Q: Replaced the glow plugs and glow plug relay in 1999 f250 superduty, replaced the battery, still won’t start

asked by on January 08, 2018

Replaced the glow plug relay and glow plugs, reconnected battery and the charge dropped to 10.5 v. Bought new batteries, reinstalled them and it still won’t start. It will turn over at this point though. Possibly not getting fuel?

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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