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The glow plug light flashes while the engine is

The glow plug light flashes on my vw sharan(2005) diesel while the engine is running , can you please tell me what seems to be the problem and also will i be expensive to fix, thankyou.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    a steady flashing... or random comes on and goes out ?

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    dodge diesel glow plug doesn't come on but flashes when I turn starter

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This means you most likely have a burnt out glow plug or glow plug timer control or both

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    Marvin Mar 18, 2009

    as far as repair cost goes i would think in the $100's, depends on how much they charge per hour for labor where u live and how much the dealer marks up the parts prices, that varies greatly from dealer to dealer, we (my dealer) marked up about 60% over list price, imports in most cases mark up 100-120%.

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My glow plug light is flashing all the time and on first start in morn it coughs and splutters and smokes bad from exhaust wat is wrong had coolant temp sensor changed today please help im a female so cant fix my self.its a 2002 ford mondeo

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