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glow plug warning light flashing

Postby blagga » Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:45 am

my glow plug warning light is flashing and i dont have as much power do i have to change the glow plugs or is there more to it??
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Re: glow plug warning light flashing

Postby jay » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:08 am

you need the codes to be read..
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Re: glow plug warning light flashing

Postby blagga » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:10 am

keep reading about faulty accelarator pedal being the possible cause of the glow plug light flashing also it only flashes when im going on a motorway and not always when im driving small roads nothing happends??
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Re: glow plug warning light flashing

Postby angeleye » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:32 am

when you have codes read it will tell you if throttle pedal is at fault,get codes read put codes up here and some one will be able to help
throttle pedal fault will be codes p1342 p1343 p1344 and ai think p1576 any of these would point to knackered pedal,
flashing glow plug light does mean there is a fault and it will be logged best get codes read as you might find yourself stuck,dont guess could be many things
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Re: glow plug warning light flashing

Postby blagga » Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:52 pm

ok thanks am trying not to have to go get these codes read as im in Cz Republic at the moment and its not so cheap here plus its a bit hard to speak with alot of people cause of the language lol not so sure what to do now :?
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Re: glow plug warning light flashing

Postby ake » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:47 pm

Without reading the codes you would only be guessing as to the fault, and you could end up changing parts which don't need changed, but a simple test for the pedal, start van, when it is sitting try pulling throttle pedal from side to side, if the light strt flashing then the pedal is faulty
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Re: glow plug warning light flashing

Postby blagga » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:18 pm

ah cool thanks will try that tommorow have been reading more and more and am actualy thinking its a problem with the EGR but gonna also try find a garage to get the faults read now as i still have to drive to into romania, bulgaria and turkey in the next month so really need it to be ok :)
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Re: glow plug warning light flashing

Postby blagga » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:10 pm

ok have finaly managed to get the codes read and its the EGR unit they gave a list of the possible cause but said the only thing i can do is change the whole unit and just for the unit its gonna cost €250 not sure what i should do???
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