Pre glow relay light comes on

Oct 29, 2003 4 Replies

Is there any problem with the pre glow relay light coming on while driving?



Will this cause the glow plugs to burn out more quickly?



What can I do to fix this?



ie do I need to replace the preglow relay?


1979 240D

Jerry



Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Juergen

Crap.

Thanks, Juergen.

Juergen . wrote:

You might want to check to see if one of the glow plugs are bad... On mine, if number 5 is bad, it will do that.... And I was told by a mercedes mechanic that nine times out of ten thats the one that will go bad on the six cylinder models...

Re: Pre glow relay light comes on Group: alt.auto.mercedes Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2003, 3:29am (EST+5) From: snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (GHCjr) You might want to check to see if one of the glow plugs are bad... On mine, if number 5 is bad, it will do that.... And I was told by a mercedes mechanic that nine times out of ten thats the one that will go bad on the six cylinder models... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx he said it was a 240D

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