Mattheb

Mines not pd it's old tdi lump .

It's the old tdi it's not pd all glow plugs are brand new .it's the smoke you get when your trying to start a diesel and you don't give the glow plugs longs enough to glow once it's warm it fires every time perfect.

Totally understand that but 4 seconds ant enough to even glow them to start the car hence the smoke when it dose start

I have no idea how this site works .it can be hard sometimes at work to get on a computer then it blocks half the sites lol that's government for you .

I have no idea to be honnest .I have worked on enough cars and i no that it ant glowing for long enough .thanks for your reply though .I think i may post it up on a facebook page as theres not alot of help in here is there .Thanks again

Morning everyone i put a post up last week about my mk 1 octavia 1.9tdi 04 plate estate .I had a look over it yesterday and took down the cover that covers the relays .So the glow plug relay 103 im guessing .So i took it apart so i could view it better and see what was happening .So this morning from cold i put the ignition on it clicked in fine for only 3 to 4 seconds then clicks back out .now from me working on cars for over 20 years thats no where near long enough to heat the glow plugs.Anyway i did it 3 time and it started fine but i then noteiced the relay had clicked back in again while it was running .Bear in mind this is another relay ive fitted in this morning so the one i took out is working fine .is there anything on the car that gives it the timer for how long it stays on glowing for .and is it normal for it to click back in while its running .many thanks matt

Yea I thought as much is there a fuse for the feed or relay or the control box and where is the control box is it the same one that works the fans is it the 1 under the battery

HI its not white smoke its just the normal smkoe cause the glow plugs are not working .they are brand new but ive tested for power and its just earth there no live at all

Good afternoon everyone hope your all OK I'm matt from the West Midlands. I brought a skoda octavia 2 weeks ago of a friend its a 1.9tdi with 120k on clock its a l&k model and a 04 plate one owner from new .I've noticed from cold its throwing lots of smoke out .so I checked the glow plugs there all dead .I've changed all 4 and now noticed there's no power to them .any information on where the relay is or if there common for wires breaking I've noticed a box under the battery but not sure if that controls the fans as well .any info would be great thank you so much .