First test would be to see if you are actually getting +12VDC to the glow
plugs, no matter what the light says. I learned from experience last winter
that one bad glow plug (at least on a four-banger) can make the car refuse
to start under certain conditions.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The last few days the glow plug light would stay on for about 5 seconds
> after starting my car. Today, while I'm in Tucson at the U of A (in the
> '05
> E320), boy child calls and says the 300D's glow light will not come on when
> the key is turned and that he tried once to start it after 30 seconds
> ("checking to see if the light burnt out") and it wouldn't start. Thank
> goodness he didn't keep cranking so I would come home to a dead battery.
>
> Reckon it's the glow plug relay? I've only had to replace one in all the
> diesels I've had over the years and I seem to remember these were the
> symptoms.
>
>
>
> Bob R
>
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