Clio DCi starting / glow plug issues

[Martin_172]

Sure someone here will have experience with this.

DCi 65, glow plug light is permenantly on and it's struggling to start when cold. Turns over for 10-15 secs then starts with a ploom of white smoke, turn it off when it's warm for example at the petrol station and it starts perfectly as normal, although glow plug light stays on.

I have checked and confirmed all fuses are ok.

Pulled all relays and they all look ok (no corrosion etc)

Checked glow plug wiring for any breaks, couldn't see any.

Plugged it in with my snapon tool and getting df061 preheated circuit malfunction

What's next?

 

[bloke]

go looking for pirate treasure in your tank

 

[gez 172]

How old are the glow plugs?

 

[Martin_172]

go looking for pirate treasure in your tank

Pirate treasure stop the glow plugs from working?

 

[Martin_172]

How old are the glow plugs?

Unknown, probably old, would one fail take them all out?

 

[gez 172]

If the glow plugs are old - I’d put my money on them then. I had the same issues and expected the worse. I bought genuine Bosch glow plugs off eBay and it starts on the button again.

Exactly the same issues as what you stated. But without the glow plug light on. Maybe I changed mine sooner than the light coming on. I just changed them as soon as the issue started.

 

[Krarl]

Get a code reader on it

Mine was the glow plug relay at first, then my glow plugs and then after all that it was just 1 injector being a knobhead🤣

This is the one reason 1.5 dCi's are absolute c***s, the injection light lights up for about 40,000 different issues lol

 

[Martin_172]

If the glow plugs are old - I’d put my money on them then. I had the same issues and expected the worse. I bought genuine Bosch glow plugs off eBay and it starts on the button again.

Exactly the same issues as what you stated. But without the glow plug light on. Maybe I changed mine sooner than the light coming on. I just changed them as soon as the issue started.

It's strange because from all the reading I've done I can't find anyone having the same issues with the glow plug light on, most of the time it's not coming on at all.

Going to fire a set of plugs in it anyway but it's just odd that it would start perfectly every day then suddenly the issue starts, usually when the glow plugs start to fail it becomes harder and harder to start as time goes on and more fail.

 

[Martin_172]

Get a code reader on it

Mine was the glow plug relay at first, then my glow plugs and then after all that it was just 1 injector being a knobhead🤣

This is the one reason 1.5 dCi's are absolute c***s, the injection light lights up for about 40,000 different issues lol

As per first post "df061 preheated circuit malfunction"

 

[Martin_172]

Glow plug relay replaced, problem solved 😁