30-12-2014, 04:46 PM
Hi,
My 2001 dw8 has recently started giving me grief when starting on cold mornings. Â It only happens first thing and is fine once its warmed up. Â Ive read the various threads about the glow plug relay and cold start stat but my first fix was going to be new glow plugs which I've had to order. Â
The terminals on the glow plug relay look good to me but I don't notice any audible click from it although I get a kind of relay chatter sound that appears to be coming from the pump area and coincides with the dash glow plug light. - Is this normal?
My motor idles at just below 1000rpm and doesn't seem to change much when up to temp so I'm guessing the stat may be shot?
The only other fault I've noticed is a hum or whine that I think may be vacuum related and is coming from the sensor with 2 small pipes at the rear of the egr canister thingy to the right of the engine. I don't think this is related to the starting issue but I'd like to know why its whining as it carries on for a while after the engines been shut off and its irritating if nothing else.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
My 2001 dw8 has recently started giving me grief when starting on cold mornings. Â It only happens first thing and is fine once its warmed up. Â Ive read the various threads about the glow plug relay and cold start stat but my first fix was going to be new glow plugs which I've had to order. Â
The terminals on the glow plug relay look good to me but I don't notice any audible click from it although I get a kind of relay chatter sound that appears to be coming from the pump area and coincides with the dash glow plug light. - Is this normal?
My motor idles at just below 1000rpm and doesn't seem to change much when up to temp so I'm guessing the stat may be shot?
The only other fault I've noticed is a hum or whine that I think may be vacuum related and is coming from the sensor with 2 small pipes at the rear of the egr canister thingy to the right of the engine. I don't think this is related to the starting issue but I'd like to know why its whining as it carries on for a while after the engines been shut off and its irritating if nothing else.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading.