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I get a control fault if we rush the startup, if you click the key till the dash lights come on, wait for the glow-plug light to go out and wait for the OK light to be displayed before starting the engine and moving all seems ok.
Hi. The above is a quote from a post from PJM on a different thread, but it highlights something that's puzzled me with my Multipla since I bought it last week. When the ignition is first turned on the glow plug warning light* flickers once then goes out. Once the engine has started the light comes back on and flickers for half a minute or so, then goes out and stays out. It does this every time the engine is started unless it's up to running temperature, in which case the light doesn't come on at all. Is this normal; nothing to worry about or an indication of problems ahead for cold Winter mornings?
Cold or hot the car starts and runs fine; I drove from Chester to Stoke then up to Dundee plus a fair amount of local driving with no problems. Good overall mpg (around 45) and happy to cruise on the motorway at an indicated 80 mph.
*Have I identified this correctly? The symbol looks like a coil of wire.
Jim.
Hi. The above is a quote from a post from PJM on a different thread, but it highlights something that's puzzled me with my Multipla since I bought it last week. When the ignition is first turned on the glow plug warning light* flickers once then goes out. Once the engine has started the light comes back on and flickers for half a minute or so, then goes out and stays out. It does this every time the engine is started unless it's up to running temperature, in which case the light doesn't come on at all. Is this normal; nothing to worry about or an indication of problems ahead for cold Winter mornings?
Cold or hot the car starts and runs fine; I drove from Chester to Stoke then up to Dundee plus a fair amount of local driving with no problems. Good overall mpg (around 45) and happy to cruise on the motorway at an indicated 80 mph.
*Have I identified this correctly? The symbol looks like a coil of wire.
Jim.