I wonder if it's normal to NEVER see the diesel preheating light in a Xsara Picasso? Mine never lights up, and I have checked the bulb by swapping with the one next to it and it's fine.
Should I book it in for a service, or is this common?
Think it needs to be very cold before it comes on in the modern 2.0 HDi engines. My Berlingo has never lit up either - and it starts almost instantly.
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The Picasso HDI will put its glow plug light on, but, it is on for so little time, the filament in the bulb won't begin to glow.
If I remember correctly, I read somewhere at zero degrees, the HDI glow plugs work for a quarter of a second.
When it was cold last year, I saw the briefest glimpse of light when turning the key. The car statrted perfectly.
Thanks folks. I saw it briefly this morning. Panic over!
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