on my 83 300SD, my glowplug light is intermitant. Sometimes it works great, sometimes it comes on a second after the car ignition has been turned on, and sometimes it just plain doesn't come on at all. Until recently, i just counted till 10 and then started the car. Always started first turn. Recently, however, if the glowplug light does not come on the car doesn't like to start that well at all. it takes longer to start then when you have a brain leak and say "i forgot it was a diesel". When this happens if i give it some gas real quick it fires right up, but then i can smell it's flooded after it starts. This isn't a big problem with me being in fl and all, however during the wintertime my car will be sitting outside when the temps go into the high 30s to low 40's, and if i don't have functional glowplugs i think i may be in for some trouble. Starting hot poses now problems BTW. The car can sit for up to a couple hours and fire instantly up without the glow plug light on. This is only after the car has been sitting for quite a while. IF it's the glowplug relay i'll probably learn to live with it, i heard those are 200 bucks! Thanks in advance
Ryan