Thanks lads. I tried a few things before your suggestions. I fired it up, cleared the flashing glow plug light and left it running for about 20 mins and had a drive around the block. It soon went off and has stayed off :)
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Hi lads.
Due to unforseen issues, my accord has been sat since November and the cold weather killed the battery. I replaced it today but the alarm is constantly going off and the glow plug light is flashing when the engine is running. Ive tried unlocking and locking the car over and over but it...
Update.
So, i did a little digging while i was away on holiday. It turns out that the issue lies with the intake manifold pressure sensor. It was covered in black gunky carbon. A little spray with contact cleaner and all is good.
I was just thinking that because there is an obvious large build up of carbon everywhere it might be a good thing. But im not one to go against a professional opinion :) Thanks for the input, always appreciated
I often get black smoke, but never the management light. But its not all the time. I put it down to gunk in the intake manifold restricting the air flow and making the engine run a bit rich. I managed to remove alot of it from the throttle body and part of the manifold as well as the air intake...
Hi guys.
I was on the motorway today plodding along at about 75mph. I moved into the 3rd lane to overtake and noticed the car was smoking a bit from the exhaust so i put my boot down thinking it was something daft and it would clear. I got to around 95mph and still bellowing black smoke, then an...