Series 3 diesel

Hi everyone
I’m very new to the wonderful world of series land rovers having taken delivery and my very first drive on Saturday. I’m slowly finding my way round my series 3 2.25D and working out what to do to it. I was wondering how long it should take for the starting/glow light to come on? Mine takes about 30seconds which seems a long time but might be normal??

Depends some on how light it is outside but mine is visible on a bright day in just a few seconds.

tottot said:

Depends some on how light it is outside but mine is visible on a bright day in just a few seconds.

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That’s what I was thinking. 30 seconds seems too long to me and wondering if I can do something to improve the performance

Could try some new plugs or at least have a look at the old ones to check condition.

I think that’s what I’ll do. Thanks a lot

I thought the light comes on when you turn key and hold it as long as you need before cranking ?

steve2286w said:

I thought the light comes on when you turn key and hold it as long as you need before cranking ?

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That's what mine was like, there is no timer relay.

There is no timer as such, but if there is a point of high resistance in the system like a poor connection or on the way out plug then it can take a few seconds before the indicator bulb gets bright enough to see. 30 secs something is duff.

A photo showing what you have fitted would help are they original type or later parallel type. [Only one nut holding the wire not two seperate ones ]