stuzbot
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As we hurtle towards winter, my vacant mind turns to a subject which has puzzled me since I got my Collie. Though, not having owned it through a harsh winter yet, not mattered enough to have me ask... until now:
What's the score with the glowplugs on these things? Unless I'm very blind, there isn't the usual glowplug tell-tale light on the dash, which there has been on pretty much every other diesel I've ever owned.
What I do is usually turn the ignition on and leave it a few seconds while the annoying arial motor whirrs its ineffectual greeting [see previous posts on that subject!] and then start the engine. But it seems odd that there's no built-in visual indicatior to tell you when the glowplugs have finished doing their thing [or even, through remaining constantly lit] let you know one of your glowplugs has burnt out.
So, what, if anything, am I missing?
What's the score with the glowplugs on these things? Unless I'm very blind, there isn't the usual glowplug tell-tale light on the dash, which there has been on pretty much every other diesel I've ever owned.
What I do is usually turn the ignition on and leave it a few seconds while the annoying arial motor whirrs its ineffectual greeting [see previous posts on that subject!] and then start the engine. But it seems odd that there's no built-in visual indicatior to tell you when the glowplugs have finished doing their thing [or even, through remaining constantly lit] let you know one of your glowplugs has burnt out.
So, what, if anything, am I missing?