I've had an intermittent flashing glow plug, p1228 and p1189 for the last few days, it will come on when the engine has warmed up for about 15 minutes and doesn't seem to come with limp mode. I've had the van for a month.
I've read quite a lot of posts as well as the factsheet in the members area and as a result, used pliers to manually move the actuator rod (moves smoothly) and this seemed to get rid of the flashing light and it hasn't come back for a couple of days.
I decided to have a closer look today and here's what I found:
- It has a newer vacuum solenoid attached (under passenger seat) and the old brown one is sitting next to it disconnected.
The solenoid clicks rapidly when the engine is idling.
When Idling the actuator rod moves to the left - I thought this should happen only when boosting/revving engine.
If I remove both vertical vacuum hoses from solenoid the rod moves back to the right. If I them connect the two hoses directly together the actuator rod moves to the left - the solenoid stops clicking when hoses removed.
The connections on the solenoid read 31 Ohms (factsheet says this means it's functioning).
- Should the rod move permanently to the left when idling (I'm assuming this is wrong)
Should the solenoid be clicking loudly?
Could the valves in the solenoid be faulty/ the spring in the actuator be too weak or is there something else going on?
