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glow plug light on my ford mondeo flashing ,then get loss of power
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diesel engine glow plugs are finicky if you haven't been giving them enough time when you start up the car. IE turn key, wait for glow plug light to turn off, then start. if you haven't been doing this, your glowplugs are probably messed up......now when are you getting the power loss? thats needed info. if its when you're starting the bloke, then you need new glowplugs. try force starting the thing, either jump it off another car, or just get a bunch of friends to push it and pop the clutch(if you have a manual). I had the same problem with my Humvee a few years back, we just switched out the glowplugs and she started up fine.
if this is your first diesel, try to baby it a little more than you would a gas engine... they're real problem children if you don't. In addition, if it turns over but won't start, get some friends, a board, and some Ether(labeled as starting fluid, comes in a spray can). have one person cover the tailpipe with the board, another start cranking the engine, while you spray a little bit of the starter fluid into the engine's air filter or intake. don't do this too much, if you do, the car will become an ether junkie, and will be impossible to start without it. Have fun with that thing, I got mine up to 260KPH on the autobahn last year.......that thing has a good god damn engine.
-Gunner
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