Freelander 1 glow pugs and starting

Hi All

I have a strange starting issue that has just started

When I turn on the ignition the glow plug light flashes at about the same pace as an indicator. If I start the engine while the glow plug light is flashing the TC, ABS and HDC light remain on, but Freelander starts no problem. If I turn the engine off and restart it then glow plug light comes on as normal and when started the TC, ABS and HDC lights go off as normal.

I have checked the battery and there does not seem to any loose connections and battery is fully charged

Any suggestions on what could be causing the problem?

Andy

could be glow plug relay not fully making contact try another in its place to eliminate it

I thought glow plug relay myself, but can't find any reference to its location. Any idea where it is hidden

There isn't a glow plug relay in the traditional sense. The TD4 uses a glow plug control module, which is under the inlet manifold, bolted to the block.

I suspect this fault is some kind of data error on the CAN.

Nodge68 said:

There isn't a glow plug relay in the traditional sense. The TD4 uses a glow plug control module, which is under the inlet manifold, bolted to the block.

I suspect this fault is some kind of data error on the CAN.

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Hi mate the RAVE cd shows a relay in the engine bay ecm box is this not correct ?

There is a relay for the glow plugs. But I believe it's a kind of master isolation relay. The glow plugs are powered by a control module, as I understand it.

I can't see how the ABS lights and glow lights are connected, as their signals are derived from different sources. The glow light is under EDC control and the ABS/HDC lights are under ABS module control. The only common link is on the CAN or the Ipack.

Nodge68 said:

There is a relay for the glow plugs. But I believe it's a kind of master isolation relay. The glow plugs are powered by a control module, as I understand it.

I can't see how the ABS lights and glow lights are connected, as they're signals are derived from different sources. The glow light is under EDC control and the ABS/HDC lights are under ABS module control. The only common link is on the CAN or the Ipack.

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I Think You are correct mate I looked again at engine bay diagram and it just says Fuse link FL6 Glow plug Relay but then doesn't show one in the relays so bit misleading.