Vauxhall Meriva glow plug light

Car: Vauxhall Meriva
Variant: 1.7cdti
Model Year: 2007
Categories: Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
meriva 1.7cdti 2007 glow plug light has always come on every time I have started car,now the glow plug light only comes on for the first journey of the day,other times of day the car is very difficult to start,i have renewed all glow plugs,the relay,and temp sensor and now the battery,any ideas plz
Posted: Nov 28, 2015 (8 years ago)
Glow plugs on these are controlled by control module,
not a relay,
and by temp sensor do you mean the coolant temperature sensor?
so the fact that the lamp light in the morning leads me to suspect a fault in the coolant temperature sensor.
guessing the sensor you changed was for the gauge.
Posted Nov 28, 2015 (8 years ago)
ok I renewed glow plug control / relay(under the battery),4 glow plugs,and a water temp sensor(bought from Vauxhall ) ,when engine is cold the light on dashboard comes on for a second or 2 ,engine fires up instant,once car has been run ,the light now fails to come on for rest of day making it very hard to start,,thanks
Posted Nov 28, 2015 (8 years ago)
Relay control is from the ECU,
Which takes it's control signals from the coolant temperature sensor which then decides if glow control is used or not.
so If everything you changed hasn't altered the glow time I be checking the ECU.
But you'd need Vaux software for that.
the software has a function to activate the relay for test purposes.
Posted Nov 29, 2015 (8 years ago)
ok,thanks ,
Posted Nov 29, 2015 (8 years ago)

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