Flashing Glow plug light

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Flashing Glow plug light

Post by Hanksy » Wed May 08, 2013 9:22 am

My glow plug light has started flashing .......any idea what this means ?
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Re: Flashing Glow plug light

Post by g8dhe » Wed May 08, 2013 10:17 am

The ECU has detected a problem and is flashing to tell you you have a fault!
See this factsheet in the members area http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/member ... ostics.pdf
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Re: Flashing Glow plug light

Post by Hanksy » Wed May 08, 2013 10:29 am

Thanks Very interesting to know this :)

but a good old fashioned disconnect and reconnect of the battery sorted it .........until next time lol
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Re: Flashing Glow plug light

Post by g8dhe » Wed May 08, 2013 11:29 am

Yup that clears the code, until it detects it again .... the problem of course remains there all the time....
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