Renault clio 2005 Petrol, engine and Glow plug light on.

[driveclub]

Hi guys.

Turned on my car the other morning and the glow plug light illuminated, i drove the car as there was no stop sign. The car felt and sounded really rough and not right, I turned the car off and on again and the car seemed better but still felt not right.. the engine light came on then.

So both lights were now on. Any idea what I could be?

Sometimes I've turned on the car on and off and the glow plug light disappears, but engine light stays on.
Car feels rough on acceleration.

[driveclub]

Hi guys.
Not sure if this is the right place for this but..

Turned on my car the other morning and the glow plug light illuminated, i drove the car as there was no stop sign. The car felt and sounded really rough and not right, I turned the car off and on again and the car seemed better but still felt not right.. the engine light came on then.

So both lights were now on. Any idea what I could be?

Sometimes I've turned on the car on and off and the glow plug light disappears, but engine light stays on.
Car feels rough on acceleration.

[finlo]

driveclub said:

Hi guys.
Not sure if this is the right place for this but..

Turned on my car the other morning and the glow plug light illuminated, i drove the car as there was no stop sign. The car felt and sounded really rough and not right, I turned the car off and on again and the car seemed better but still felt not right.. the engine light came on then.

So both lights were now on. Any idea what I could be?

Sometimes I've turned on the car on and off and the glow plug light disappears, but engine light stays on.
Car feels rough on acceleration.

Petrol and glow plugs you say?

[Rozzers]

I’d check the battery voltage first.

[driveclub]

finlo said:

driveclub said:

Hi guys.
Not sure if this is the right place for this but..

Turned on my car the other morning and the glow plug light illuminated, i drove the car as there was no stop sign. The car felt and sounded really rough and not right, I turned the car off and on again and the car seemed better but still felt not right.. the engine light came on then.

So both lights were now on. Any idea what I could be?

Sometimes I've turned on the car on and off and the glow plug light disappears, but engine light stays on.
Car feels rough on acceleration.

Petrol and glow plugs you say?

Yeah thats what the lights are saying.

[finlo]

driveclub said:

finlo said:

driveclub said:

Hi guys.
Not sure if this is the right place for this but..

Turned on my car the other morning and the glow plug light illuminated, i drove the car as there was no stop sign. The car felt and sounded really rough and not right, I turned the car off and on again and the car seemed better but still felt not right.. the engine light came on then.

So both lights were now on. Any idea what I could be?

Sometimes I've turned on the car on and off and the glow plug light disappears, but engine light stays on.
Car feels rough on acceleration.

Petrol and glow plugs you say?

Yeah thats what the lights are saying.

Is it petrol or diesel?

[driveclub]

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Is it petrol or diesel?

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Its a petrol.

[bigandclever]

driveclub said:

Its a petrol.

It’s unlikely to be your glow plugs then

On petrol Renaults of that vintage I believe the lamp doubles as a generic ‘electrical problem’, but you really need any error codes to be looked at.

Edited by bigandclever on Sunday 17th October 21:07

[iamundertow]

Petrol engines don’t have glow plugs. You sure you’re reading the warning lights right?

Ahh… driveclub above has most likely come up
With the correct answer

Edited by iamundertow on Sunday 17th October 21:10

[driveclub]

bigandclever said:

It’s unlikely to be your glow plugs then

On petrol Renaults of that vintage I believe the lamp doubles as a generic ‘electrical problem’, but you really need any error codes to be looked at.

Edited by bigandclever on Sunday 17th October 21:07

Generic electrical problem, does that mean general mechanics cant fix it then? What sort of examples would a petrol electrical problem be?

[E63eeeeee...]

driveclub said:

Generic electrical problem, does that mean general mechanics cant fix it then? What sort of examples would a petrol electrical problem be?

Maybe something ignition related if it's running rough? Either way you need someone who can read Renault error codes.

[bigandclever]

driveclub said:

bigandclever said:

It’s unlikely to be your glow plugs then

On petrol Renaults of that vintage I believe the lamp doubles as a generic ‘electrical problem’, but you really need any error codes to be looked at.

Edited by bigandclever on Sunday 17th October 21:07

Generic electrical problem, does that mean general mechanics cant fix it then? What sort of examples would a petrol electrical problem be?

Any of your sensors. Any of your connections. Any of your electrical components. And on and on. It doesn’t mean unfixable, it just means it could be thousands of things and without some code diagnosis you’re a bit stuck.

Though I’m going with coil packs, just because.

[iamundertow]

Check the ground first, then the plugs, leads and the distributor. That would be my advice but I am sure there are more qualified on here to help.

[driveclub]

Thanks guys, is it okay to drive for the mean time. Till I get it sorted?

[E63eeeeee...]

bigandclever said:

Though I’m going with coil packs, just because.

There's kind of a venn diagram thing going on that points that way. Rough running and EML typically means you're not getting one or more of the right amount of fuel for the right amount of air plus a decent spark at the right time; combined with the general electric error I'd be looking at the spark end. If I didn't want to pay someone for diagnostics and they hadn't been replaced recently I'd be seeing how much an ignition coil and some spark plugs would cost first.

That said, it's a 16 year old French car. Decent chance it's actually the wiper motor fuse.

Can you drive it safely? No idea.

[annodomini2]

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[SturdyHSV]

I had a 2005 1.2 petrol Clio. The coil pack went on 2 separate occasions (over 150,000 miles of driving...), both times after I'd absolutely sent it through some comically deep puddles.

It's a cheap and easy replacement (you could do it yourself, easily) so wouldn't be too much of a risk to give it a go. That or battery is well past its best perhaps, but at that point I'd expect more random dash lights and difficulty starting perhaps.

[stevieturbo]

driveclub said:

Thanks guys, is it okay to drive for the mean time. Till I get it sorted?

If you wish further potential harm, yes.

[E-bmw]

Petrol engined cars don't have glow plugs, so you need to try again.

[105.4]

E-bmw said:

Petrol engined cars don't have glow plugs, so you need to try again.

Dam. Beaten to it.

Are you sure the car is petrol?

If it is, then what you’re looking at isn’t the glow plug light, it’s something else. Could you clarify for us what that light actually is?