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Originally Posted by 71inka02
So a question to clarify for me --- Does, cycling the 'glow' process a couple of times help on cold morning starts?
When I say cycling - I mean turn key to glow - glow goes out, turn key off then turn back to glow ---
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Not at all, I used to think the same thing until I learned how the glow system works. The Glow plug light is only a recommendation to how long you should glow before you start. In reality the glow plugs are still being powered after the light goes out for a certain amount of time, my 240D for example is around 30 seconds. So cycling is only extra wear on your ignition switch, we all learn this trick sometime
. I really want to hook up an extra indicator light to tell me when my glow plugs
really shut off. The relay is a good way to tell, if your driveway is as quiet as a mouse in the morning.