S40 V40: V40 1.9 td 1.5 phase diesel problem

[dera]

Hejsan och Terve (lots of Scandinavians on this topic clearly )

A very very crude but usually effective way to quickly test glow plugs is to simply connect a wire from it to battery, and see if you get a spark. If it sparks, it usually means its working. If not, its dead.

[norwegian guy]

Yes since the norwegian forum mainly foucuses on diffrent cars 740,850,940,v50,v70 and so on ought of that but i rather get a testlamp å voltmeter anyone got experience with hkt pluggs 17 pounds?bosch 26 pounds is a little more expensive beru is the most expensive at 50 pounds each

[Volvon]

Ok if it is the D4192T engine, it is not direct injection so the glowplugs are more important. If any are bad it can be a little difficult to start. Although you should have some grey/white smoke when you start the car if you have bad glowplug(s). Bosch Duraterm are supposed to be very good glowplugs and are meant to last a very long time.

I also put about 50ml of acetone in my fuel tank to clean the injectors about once a month. My car was running really bad when I got it, really horrible to drive, now it is 95% perfect

[dera]

I would get the Bosch plugs.
A prechamber diesel engine is virtually impossible to start without working glowplugs, so its not worth saving a few NOK on them