Sound of fuel pump during glowing

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Mario110

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Hi all,
my TD5 is not starting properly when it's cold outside but before discussing this issue I want to know if I maybe have an electrical issue in my car. During glowing, my fuel pump sounds a bit slower and interior lighting is a bit darker. Sound example (please watch the video for at least 15 seconds):



The 4 glow plugs are a year old. Does it sounds in your car similar if you have 4 functional glow plugs fitted?

Thank you in advance.
Mario
 
Thanks for your answer. Battery is less than a year old, has 100AH and is specified with a cold start current of 800A. I've charged it fully before I made these videos.

Just to get sure, no one of you has this issue, correct?
 
Thanks for your answer. Battery is less than a year old, has 100AH and is specified with a cold start current of 800A. I've charged it fully before I made these videos.

Just to get sure, no one of you has this issue, correct?

Check the earths too, the circuit must be clean and tight to work properly ...
 
Thanks for your answer. Battery is less than a year old, has 100AH and is specified with a cold start current of 800A. I've charged it fully before I made these videos.

Just to get sure, no one of you has this issue, correct?

In which case check your earths.
As a simple test connect a jump lead from the battery negative to the engine block somewhere and see if that makes a difference - if it does your engine earths are shot
 
Thanks a lot. I will try it with a jump lead.

Besides of that I've another question: My earth is going from battery to chassis then to the transfere case. Is this the only earth to connect the engine? I've measured contact resistance from that point to starter case about 0,9 Ohm. Is this value good enough?
 
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Connecting earth via a jump lead does not help much. So, between these two frequencies of sound the difference of voltage is 0,1V. Not much.
 
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