My glowplug light goes out at the same moment as all the other warning lights, which leads me to suspect it's just testing the bulb in the dash and not actuating the glowplugs at all. My Octavia 10 years ago (is it really that long??) did the same thing, the glowplug light would only stay on (and the glowplugs actuate) when the engine was stone cold and the air temp was below freezing.
>> Admittedly the previous winter in 2010/11 might have been different
Last winter I had to turn the Escort round and park it half an inch from the wall of the house, as my driveway is quite exposed and its battery couldn't provide enough oomph to turn the engine against the resistance of the cold oil. I brought a 7.5 tonner home one night when it was -10C, took me an hour with a 3kw fan heater aimed at the sump to get it going the next morning.
Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Wed 27 Jul 11 at 11:51
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