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**this is not related to the other post btw**
Same car though....when cold i've noticed this, i get the light for about 1-2 secs at the most, and when it starts, it's lumpy and jerky for a few secs then it's fine. I'm quite sure it's because the glow plugs arern't on long enough........can you adjust their warm up time at all
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Nope, you can't adjust the time iirc.
It could just be the plugs are old and/or faulty, or try cycling the ignition a few times. Just because the light is out, doesn't mean the plugs are off.
The light only goes off when the plugs reach a minimum temperature for a start attempt. Wait another 5 seconds or so after the light goes out before starting.
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i think from what i have read on here that there is a relay that pulses them on and off until the engine is up to a certain temp ...
maybe just "maybe" that relay is ruined or that contacts to or from it have shit themself's ....
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Ran mine without glowies for a year and it was fine through winter. Used to have rough starting issues, but it stopped when I changed the injectors for refurbs.
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(16-01-2014, 10:18 PM)Poodle Wrote: Ran mine without glowies for a year and it was fine through winter. Used to have rough starting issues, but it stopped when I changed the injectors for refurbs.
My understanding was that an HDi hardly even needs to use glow plugs
But op is only having rough starts. lets face it, it's not exactly smooth without plugs coming on is it!
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Yeah exactly, the glow plugs don't make a noticeable difference in my experience.
Um, no it was fine, new injectors and no glowies and she started beautifully without fail, even when we had two weeks of solid snow. Wasn't rough, didn't struggle to catch, its not like the old X/TUDs at all.
