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Old 27th November 2020, 20:04   #13
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Just curious but how do you know the glow plugs haven't got hot ???

The second you turn the key the plugs are powered up.

On some cars, maybe ours are different, even though the indicator light goes out the plugs continue to work until the engine reaches a slightly higher temperature.

On the general run of diesels and not ours with the high pressure rail the longer operation of the glow plugs tends to act like a choke.
glow plug relay on most of our cars have almost certainly failed, from most of what I have read on them. Looking at the condition of my relay, I am sure it is dead too lol.
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