Help Glow Plugs + Missing When Turning Over!

[geane]

I have 2 problems at the moment with my Auto Tdi galaxy car,

 

1) When I turn the engine Over(on) I sometimes not all the times get a miss.I then have to get the aouto matic gheers to go back -forth about 2 times and this usually works.What could the problem be?

 

 

2nd)The glow plug sign does not come on after a short stop

.The problem is that say I have been driving and want to stop at a shop for 2 minutes and I close the engine but then i can`t start the car again because the glow plug sign in the dash board won`t come on and i will have to wait about 10 minutes(sat in the car) before the glow plug sign comes back and the car starts.I dread going into petrol stations just in case i put the engine off and then it won1t come on .

 

This only happens when i want to start the car after a short stop say like at petrol stations,pop into shops etc.etc

 

Please Help ThankYou.

[NikpV]

1) When I turn the engine Over(on) I sometimes not all the times get a miss.I then have to get the aouto matic gheers to go back -forth about 2 times and this usually works.What could the problem be

 

Do you mean that it starts but that one cylinder is not firing (missing) or that it does not start at all??

 

 

 

year/model or car ???

[geane]

Its a R-reg and its a galaxy tdi Automatic.

 

It starts first time now and again but the sometimes i have to shift the automatic geer stick back and forth and then put it in Park and then it will start.

 

The other problem is that the glow plug sign does not come on at all and i have to wait a certain amount of time forit to reappear and then it will start up .The glow plug sign (sqiggle worm)only disapperas when i put the engine off and then i want to start it up again quickley say after refuelling at a petrol stattion.

 

 

Thanks for your interest.

[Masked Marauder]

There is a switch on the autobox so the car will only start in P. This could be faulty.

 

Your glow-plug light, is it on all the time when the engine is running?

[geane]

Your glow-plug light, is it on all the time when the engine is running?No .The problem is the sign disappears when i turn on the ignition to get ready to start the car and i have to wait around in the car (5-10 min)until glow sign comes back and then it will start.

 

There is a switch on the autobox so the car will only start in P. This could be faulty.? The car all so starts in N.The problem is it is VERY Moody,inthat sometimes it will start with no problems and at other times i will have to shift the gear stick backwords and forwards several times and then it will start in P or N.

 

 

Help Please.

[Masked Marauder]

The glow plug light will only light for a short time when the engine is warm.

 

Does the engine crank over, start and then stop the minute the key is released?

[geane]

No to your question.

The glow worm just does not show even for half a second.If you do try to turn the engine over it just doest turn over.It just struggles like when your starter is bad or as if you are going to flood the car.But after a short breakl (5-10 Mints) the glow plug reappears as if nothings wrong and it starts 1st time!

 

What about the gear box problem of shifting it back and forward and then it starts?

[NikpV]

sounds like a intermittently faulty inhibit switch in the gearbox

[geane]

PARDEN!!!!