A new light on your dashboard? You don’t understand why it doesn’t switch off… It’s typical, a car is elaborate and there are multiple causes why a light may come on. In cases where your glow plug light comes on while driving your Peugeot e-2008, it may signal different problems. In this article, we will do anything we can to help you see things more clearly. First, we will find out how the preheating light on your Peugeot e-2008 functions, and then the different reasons it lights up when you are driving

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What is the role of my Peugeot e-2008 glow plug light?

The main goal of the engine glow plug light, which is in most cases represented by a yellow coil, is to make sure that your glow plugs are working effectively. Indeed, it must light up when you switch on your Peugeot e-2008 to tell you that they are heating the intake air in your cylinders and must go out after a few minutes when the engine is running. This preheat light is therefore not meant to stay or come on while driving with your vehicle. But, if it comes on while driving, it may reveal several issues, we will try to describe the most important ones.

What to do if the glow plug light comes on while driving on my Peugeot e-2008?

A glow light that comes on while driving on your Peugeot e-2008 or at any other time other than when the engine is started is intended to alert you to a fault other than your spark plugs, we will look at this right now. Whatever the case, a switch to the diagnostic tool will allow you to properly interpret the explanation for the light up of your glow light.

My Peugeot e-2008 glow light comes on and I’m experiencing a loss of power

The first probability is that you detect that your glow plug light comes on while driving your Peugeot e-2008 and that you also experience a loss of power. In such a case, different complications can describe its lightning. Here is a list of the most important causes:

  • Problem of EGR valve, in reality, if you suffer a loss of power, it is possible that your EGR valve is clogged, in such a case, it is expected that your preheat light comes on while driving on Peugeot e-2008 because it is one of the failures of which it is supposed to notify you. Have the status of your valve checked out
  • Trouble linked to the turbo overflow valve, in this situation the ECU can no longer manage the turbo intake pressure, which can bring about turbo boost and a perturbation in the operation of the turbo.
  • Trouble relevant to the injection, either an injector that has seized up or the injection pump that is malfunctioned by filings or other possible foreign bodies that affect its proper performing.
  • Finally, the last trouble that could lead to a glow indicator light on your Peugeot e-2008 coupled with a loss of power, is that your fuel filter is too dirty, you should feel jerks because of a bad fuel flow in the engine.

My glow plug light comes on or is flashing but no difference on the performance of my Peugeot e-2008

Finally, we’ll give you the reasons for a glow plug light that comes on on your Peugeot e-2008 without you feeling any difference in power or vehicle behaviour. In most cases, this is an electronic fault:

  • Glow plug relays or fuses to be replaced, test and change if necessary.
  • A contactor/potentiometer on one of your pedals (brake, accelerator or clutch) has failed, often a simple de-seizure will be enough to solve the trouble.
  • You have a false contact somewhere in your electrical circuit, test the other alternatives first because it is not easy to find it alone, we recommend you to go to your technician.
  • Faulty injection pressure sensor, ECU error

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