Diesel Glow Plug Warning Light.

[pork_pie]

Does it light at all?
Or is the bulb in mine gone caput?
I was told by the knowledgeable dealers tat the direct inj. models don't have one whilst in the book it says it does.

That fuelgauge...... do any of you get a poor range from the 6th (full) and the final bar? I seem to get only 60 miles from the 6th light ( I bet 110-135 miles from the other ones) and only 40 miles from the final one before the orange light appears only. Number of times I nearly touched cloth on the motorway faced with the prospect of running out of fuel.

[mooseshaver]

The Engine does something magic with the diesel as long as its above 0 degrees so it has no need for glo-plugs. Or thats what I got from the Citroen website.
Have notice that below freezing mine takes slightly longer to start, but I never see a warning lamp for glo-plugs. However, when driving a HDI van, it had a glo-plug lamp but didn't care if I waited for it to go out or not.

Fuelguage? Mine lets see on the top two segments I get 79 miles. The lowerones are much better but I forget how much each. Will have a look.
I always get over 600 miles on a tank, unless its playing up with its no power thing.
That orange light comes on its own just a few litres from when it lit up with the last segment. About two litres is it? It says in your manual. Never actualy ran mine out. Guage is better than my Saxo ever was.

[pork_pie]

"The Engine does something magic with the diesel as long as its above 0 d
degrees so it has no need for glo-plugs. Or thats what I got from the Citroen website."

Thats precisely what Citroen Manchester said. Wonderign if they said out of knowledge or get told to read the websites and tell out the info like robots.

"Fuelguage? Mine lets see on the top two segments I get 79 miles. The lowerones are much better but I forget how much each. Will have a look.
I always get over 600 miles on a tank, unless its playing up with its no power thing."

When the air pipe was incorrectly fixed I was getting lousy range. I really had to give the car some welly to move. It seems to be back to normal now but I really think fuel consumption fiqures are fudged.

"That orange light comes on its own just a few litres from when it lit up with the last segment. About two litres is it? It says in your manual. Never actualy ran mine out."

Then the orange light comes on only theres around 4 litres left.

"Guage is better than my Saxo ever was."

What SAxo did u have Mine was a 90bhp VTR and that was suprisingly frugal. I would have bought another one IN OCt 2002 (bought Hdi Exclusive instead) if only it came with Airconditioning.

I know it was not available in UK models (as the RHD steering column takes up the space normaly occupied by the compressor devices" but Citroen Sale said to me back in Jan 98 (ended up buying from Citroen Manchester) that they can fit air con for £1600 and it does not damage the warranty. Hmmm. Thankfully I did not approve the work.

[mooseshaver]

When doing 70-90mph somewhere, mine overall was doing 60mpg. Drving to my previous job and back, which was 85 miles of hills and little overtaking it seemed to do 65mpg.

My saxo was a 1.1 east coast.
And its engine trouble was worse than my C3. Every winter it would either not start, or have no power and kangaroo down the road like a learner.
And guess what? The Dealer found no fault but replaced lots of things anyway.
But that fuel guage was odd I'm sure. I ran out of fuel a few times. But it didn't always seem to read the right amount like my C3 manages.

I too was told I could add air-con to a saxo for about £600. Cheaper in the north (Cumbria).
But I like my C3, when it works.