Diesel Engine coil light flashes

gbscotland

I have a fiat 2.8 ducatto van On starting the engine after a few seconds the coil light flashes It is very cold Is it a problem

pitkin2020

have you checked the manual?? it could indicate your plugs are wearing maybe?? is the van starting ok first turn of the key?? like you said it could just be the cold, have you re started the van after driving for 10 mins or so and does it do again then or just from the first cold start up?

gbscotland

Thanks for replying The snow is too deep to move it but I've tried starting it a few times and its always the same Starts ok and then the coil light starts to flash as I said it is very cold

pitkin2020

gbscotland wrote: »

Thanks for replying The snow is too deep to move it but I've tried starting it a few times and its always the same Starts ok and then the coil light starts to flash as I said it is very cold

it probably is jsut the cold messing with it a little if its starts i wouldnt worry to much, just keep an eye on it when the weather warms up a little

Quinny_2

Some glow plug lights will stay on for a short while once the engine has started.

Does it go out after a short period?

gbscotland

starts ok goes out then starts to flash but its only run for about a minute then I stop the engine

andrewwelsh1958

Try and find and join a forum for the make you have?, then look at the fault finding chart?, sounds like some thing is wrong,look on a well known auction site for a diognostic code reader(25-40 pounds)and save going to your local realers at huge expense

hewhoisnotintheknow

i was in a brand new diesel merc yesterday, the pre heater light came on for the first couple of minutes

daveyjp

My X type did the same a couple of weeks ago. Started on three cylinders, spluttered then stopped, glow plug light flashing. Handbook told me nothing.

Left it and tried again and it started OK after the third attempt.

Advice I read was to turn the ignition to wanring light stage then turn it off again doing this three times to give the glowplugs three heating cycles. This has worked every time.

pitkin2020

daveyjp wrote: »

My X type did the same a couple of weeks ago. Started on three cylinders, spluttered then stopped, glow plug light flashing. Handbook told me nothing.

Left it and tried again and it started OK after the third attempt.

Advice I read was to turn the ignition to wanring light stage then turn it off again doing this three times to give the glowplugs three heating cycles. This has worked every time.

thats a good short term fix but you really need the plugs changing

vaio

My van did the same this morning at about -6, turned ignition on, glow plug light on, took longer than normal to go out but when it did it started first touch as normal.

After about 200yards the light came back on and stayed on for maybe a couple of miles. I presume it’s temperature related in that even though it was running the block etc was so cold that it was below the switch on point for the glow plugs