Help Xantia glow plug light

den169 · Post by **den169** » 04 Sep 2006, 13:26

Hi guys i have a 98 diesel xantia estate which i have sold but the orange glow plug light on the dash is flashing on and off all the time at the same time the glow plug relay by the battery is ticking loudly and the rev counter doesn't work iv'e been to the scrap yard and got another relay put that on and its still the same,If i rev the car up a few times the light goes off the ticking stops and the rev counter works till next time i start up any ideas its driving me mad.
cheers
oh new glow plugs fitted.

Post by **Peter.N.** » 04 Sep 2006, 14:20

I have seen some on Ebay which may be suitable for the petrol engine but they only seem to be available for diesel engines made after 2004.

den169 · Post by **den169** » 04 Sep 2006, 14:54

? seen what peter .

Post by **Peter.N.** » 04 Sep 2006, 22:12

Sorry!

I put this reply on the wrong string. I was interupted when I was doing it. Its what they call 'a senior moment'

den169 · Post by **den169** » 06 Sep 2006, 09:14

No one heard of this happening then.

KP · Post by KP » 06 Sep 2006, 10:30

Glow plug relay is maybe starting to give way i think.

Our old xantia did something similar and then wouldnt preheat the plugs at all for a few days and wouldnt start on the last. The AA guy re-did all the cabling he could and still nothing so preheated the plugs using his jump leads. we fitted one from an apparent HDI engine and the thing worked fine, bar the Tacho, for the next 4+ years

AndersDK · Post by **AndersDK** » 06 Sep 2006, 10:31

Check your battery vaoltage !

The timer relay does exactly like this if the battery is low. This in turn could be caused by dodgy battery clamps - or a weak generator (or its charge cable).
Could of course be a defective battery. Depending on the age the likelyhood increases upto about 5 years where most batteries give up their ghost.

den169 · Post by **den169** » 06 Sep 2006, 12:33

Kp. i changed the relay.
AndersDK. brand new battery last friday,But was same with old battery.
Got me baffled i was sure the relay would fix it.Gonna try and get a auto electrician to take a look.

den169 · Post by **den169** » 11 Sep 2006, 21:35

Think iv'e sorted this now it was the ecu, The terminals inside were corroded in fact 4 broke off when i took the connector off swapped it with one from a scrapper and all seems ok .Touch wood.