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Hiya Ewen
Cleaned all the connections and lashed WD40 everywhere it now starts fine! must've just been loose or dirty any way for thanks the electronics lesson much appreciated! just a bit of welding, a headlight bulb, a couple of rear box mountings and its back on the road!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt

Right then Ewen I did as you said, connected a live feed to 86 pin and earthed 85 pin which gave continuity through 30 pin and 87 pin which i then gave a live feed to 30 pin at the same time which in turn gave live feed to 'L' but not 'T' i also checked for continuity between where 87 pin plugs into...

Will do mate when i figure how to use the whole page lol i'll also put a pic of my van up i'm in Chester on the English side of the North Wales border fyi

Thanks Ewen i'll check them all today and let you know

Sorry for the late reply - Yes Ewen both screws either side of the fuse link are live, how do i remove and test the relay as it seems to be well stuck also how do i test it once removed? sound to sound thick but electrics just aren't my thing.

With a test lamp from the earth to the wire to the plugs whilst the yellow light is on, fuse is fine and you hear the relay click

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Checked the glow plugs, the yellow light comes on for a bit then goes off, there's a clicking off noise from the relay but all this time no live feed to the glow plugs????????????????????????

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Hiya people, I'm having problems starting my 1988 1.6 TD engined T25 after changing the oil and using an engine flush (possibly coincidental but i'll mention it anyway) it's decided it no longer wants to start or even try without a good blast of easy start then there usually a big cloud of grey smok...