dci Glow Plug Light always on

[Tigger]

My lady-friend's dci65 Clio is giving problems

The glow plug light is always on, can be switched off when hooked up to a diagnostic computer but comes back on again after a few days

No faults are found on the diagnostics :S

Any way of getting it off/back to "normal"?
What can I check?

Cheers
Trev

 

[Tigger]

Also the injector light comes on too - and stays on with the glow-plug light as above

The car seems to be a bit "chuggy" sometimes and occasionally when pulling off it can be a bit more responsive than normal

 

[regi james]

try checking the coolant temperature sensor as this tells the engine how much pre/post heating is required

 

[Tigger]

Ok cheers, anything else I can do?

 

[regi james]

does it start ok when cold?

 

[Tigger]

No it's a bugger to start from cold - sometimes gives out a wee puff of smoke when you get it started :S

When you're lucky enough to have the light go out - it starts & runs 100%
She wants to try & resolve it before the winter sets in

 

[regi james]

i would go with checking the coolant temperature sensor also check glowplugs for voltage,fuse,relay etc

 

[Tigger]

Ok I'll let her know - her Dad's a mechanic but she's hardly at home lol

 

[Magic Johnson]

Lol just posted an identical topic! My dad's having this trouble. Had the glow plugs changed, no luck, phoned Renault they said it's the relay, £50 later and still it stays on. Had the engine management thing reset and it works now, but apparently it comes on after a couple of weeks and goes back to being hard as hell to start.

 

[Tigger]

Oh feck that don't sound good :S

 

[Tigger]

Now Dad's car is doing this! :banghead:

Fault reader yesterday said it was an "intermitent Camshaft Sensor fault" - they put a new Camshaft sensor in yesterday and everything was hunky dory.....until this morning on his way home from work.

The glowplug light is on again and won't go out :dapprove:

 

[Derelict-UK]

silly question, but have you tried changing the glow plug?

 

[Tigger]

I don't think he has actually but I'll ask when I see him later.

Just back from mechanics with it and got the fault code cleared - 271 this time.
"Injector command circuit - cylinder 4"

There's over 138k miles on this little beast!

 

[Tigger]

Just an update - glow plug was changed a while back.

The car has been fine "so-far" apart from being trouble-some to start at times

 

[Tigger]

Guess what - fecking light's back on! :banghead: