306 TD wont shut off

petherwins · Post by **petherwins** » 13 Jan 2010, 20:40

Hi all,heres hoping some of you may be able to help me out!
The problems are- engine wont stop unless I take the wires off stop soleniod.
dash warning light and battery light stay on all the time(even when key removed)
no glow plug light,tried another control unit still the same.
I have no power to glow plugs and this weather its very difficult to get the car going!
I've allso pulled all the relays I could find and tried another ignition switch but the dash lights wont go out,any help much apreciated,thanks Alan

spider · Post by **spider** » 13 Jan 2010, 21:19

Which lights stay on on the instrument panel ?

I'd suggest your ignition switch is shorted (so its always "on") , possibly you have a serious earth issue (less likely, but check battery earth leads) , the other quick thought I have is there is something else (a permanent live) actually shorting to the feed to the stop solenoid wire (probably in the engine bay) which would back-feed and hold a few other circuits on too.

scottishpaul · Post by **scottishpaul** » 20 Feb 2010, 11:59

soleniod plunger is sticking by the sound of it ive only seen this once over the years .........but dash lights staying on im not use off there must be a feed of power all the time to soleniod maybe which is a very small voltage really just to keep it open

spider · Post by **spider** » 20 Feb 2010, 13:03

Backfeed to solenoid would (as I sort of put above) cause the battery light to stay on and the solenoid to stay "open".

I'd initially suspect (as above) the ignition switch. Easy to unplug and confirm if that's the case though anyway.