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03-11-2012, 05:11 PM
Hello all! Awesome forum, hope to get along and around
Where can I find the temperature sensor which triggers glowplug pre-heat?
For me it acts random even at same ambient/engine temperatures! I.e., quite often pre-heat indicator does not light up in winter and does lit up in summer at times.
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the glow plug relay is behind battery i think that controls most things
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Cheers Kwik,
Just checked with multimeter: glow plugs are always heated for 15-20 seconds, the pre-heat lamp does not turn on on instrument panel.
If it ever turns on, stays for just a couple of seconds - irregular. I tested the lamp wire from the glow-plug relay box, and it is dead from there.
But the glowplugs apparently are heated regardless.
So the solution is on a cold day keep ignition on for 20seconds and repeat several times.
Wonder if replacing relay box would solve instrument panel LED behaviour..
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get another one from breakers and switch it over see if that does the trick
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The light only ever stays on for a few seconds, but if you wait you will hear a click after another 13 seconds or so when they actually turn off, also the dash lights will get brighter when they go off.