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Posted: 10.10.2018  ·  #1
Fellow Craicer's - I'm looking for this control unit for my camper. Mine is faulty and whilst the van still drives perfectly, I'm getting flickering glow plug warning lamp on dash and clicking sound from unit in the engine bay. Tried East Coast Campers but out of luck. Tried Ebay but nothing also. Fiat said the are no longer available so I need to go on a hunt for one.
Has anyone got a spare lying around for sale? Or know of a Ducato 2.8 idtd van laying up where I could scavange? Any good breakers in the South/North where I'm likely to get this part?...... Here's hoping.....Cheers!
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There will be a meet soon. Have a sneak around when everyone is in the pub 😂😂
Seriously though, I would have thought that a scrapyard might be worth a call. Also I think there is a crowd in Poland that do a lot of Ducato parts. Maybe somebody knows that site


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There will be a meet soon. Have a sneak around when everyone is in the pub 😂😂
Seriously though, I would have thought that a scrapyard might be worth a call. Also I think there is a crowd in Poland that do a lot of Ducato parts. Maybe somebody knows that site


It might come to that yet! haha. Was full sure East Coast Campers in Inch would have one but no joy....they had everything thing else but the one I wanted. Will google that Polish Breakers....Thanks Daffy.


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Try this guy;
Martin Laffan Stradbally, Co. Laois. 0502 - 25342.
He a breaker for vans and light commercial stuff.
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Try this guy;
Martin Laffan Stradbally, Co. Laois. 0502 - 25342.
He a breaker for vans and light commercial stuff.
Malcolm.


Great stuff Thorn :up: Will give him a shout in the morn - Thanks!


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Specialist Peugeot breaker in Castlederg, Vance’s,...
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Specialist Peugeot breaker in Castlederg, Vance’s,... Tel: 04881670131

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Try coastalmotorhomes.co.uk, they are very good for fiat parts.


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Try coastalmotorhomes.co.uk, they are very good for fiat parts.


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Just thought I'd let you know how I got on looking for Glow Plug Control Box......Couldn't get one from any of the breakers, North and South. They are no longer available from Fiat either. I ended up getting a plug and play aftermarket kit fro Ebay Germany....A bit pricey at 180 Euro but had to have it. It's less complicated than the original Fiat jobbie, It's timer controlled where as the Fiat unit was Temp controlled and more things to go wrong. Anyway, It's all buttoned up in place now and all seem's good with the hour or so test drive.....Sorted!


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Fiat: "sorry that part is no longer available, you need to scrap your vehicle and buy a new one"


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Great to see that you got sorted.
A pity that you had to find an international aftermarket part instead of a dealer supplying it.
There's a frost morning or two coming later in the week. That will test your glow plugs, a good cold frosty start.
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Great to see that you got sorted.
A pity that you had to find an international aftermarket part instead of a dealer supplying it.
There's a frost morning or two coming later in the week. That will test your glow plugs, a good cold frosty start.
Malcolm


Thanks....I had a flashing glow plug warning light and relay clicking sound driving me nuts. I really didn't expect the difficulty getting a new or used replacement o.O The aftermarket kit seems spot on so no worries, They guy who makes them scraped off the part number on the relay box, a quick search on ebay sorts that out....I can get the same relay for under 50 euro should I ever need it again and readily available.... Bring on the frost!


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Fiat: "sorry that part is no longer available, you need to scrap your vehicle and buy a new one"


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Caused myself a whole heap of trouble in line with this topic, so if any help/advice available it would be appreciated.
Bought a 99 Fiat Ducato 2.8i.dTD about 6 months ago and last month or so had same issue with running fine but intermittent starting.
On our attempted last trip away, luckily, the non-start issue really kicked in at home, so not stuck remotely somewhere.
Anyway, I assumed it was a knacker starter so got a reconditioned one, installed it but this began my first problem.
I got the wiring wrong with the earth cable (I think) and shorted something!!
So 2 questions here:
1 - where should the black earth wire be connected to, the terminal on the top of the starter solenoid?
2 - If I have shorted something could it be a master fuse/relay and if so where are these?
All the fuses in the glove box are fine so I must have fried something else as no lights come on the dash when I turn the key in the ignition yet the hazards, low-beams, etc. are working fine.
Other possibility, maybe, is I completely burnt out the replay discussed in this post or the ignition!!
Anyway, it now sounds like my problem all along was the replay issue discussed in this thread.
Where is this relay? in the engine bay up behind the battery? or under the dash somewhere as I can't seem to locate it and have no workshop manuals...
Also, could any of you who sourced such a replacement reply possibly post a link to it or an accurate description to go searching ebay etc. for a replacement.


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Caused myself a whole heap of trouble in line with this topic, so if any help/advice available it would be appreciated.
Bought a 99 Fiat Ducato 2.8i.dTD about 6 months ago and last month or so had same issue with running fine but intermittent starting.
On our attempted last trip away, luckily, the non-start issue really kicked in at home, so not stuck remotely somewhere.
Anyway, I assumed it was a knacker starter so got a reconditioned one, installed it but this began my first problem.
I got the wiring wrong with the earth cable (I think) and shorted something!!
So 2 questions here:
1 - where should the black earth wire be connected to, the terminal on the top of the starter solenoid?
NO !
The earth wire is connected to one of the bolts that hold on the starter motor or a separate bolt.... THE EARTH IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE SOLONOID

2 - If I have shorted something could it be a master fuse/relay and if so where are these?
If you’ve shorted something then you may have blown the fused links on the positive battery end on the battery, there is 2, maybe 3 of them held in situ with M8 nuts, rated 50/60/70 amp.
All the fuses in the glove box are fine so I must have fried something else as no lights come on the dash when I turn the key in the ignition yet the hazards, low-beams, etc. are working fine.
Other possibility, maybe, is I completely burnt out the replay discussed in this post or the ignition!!
Anyway, it now sounds like my problem all along was the replay issue discussed in this thread.
Where is this relay? in the engine bay up behind the battery? or under the dash somewhere as I can't seem to locate it and have no workshop manuals...
Relay (from memory) is either beside the battery or up under the wiper scuttle.
Also, could any of you who sourced such a replacement reply possibly post a link to it or an accurate description to go searching ebay etc. for a replacement.
There is a number screen printed on it, think possibly a 10 digit Bosch number. Use it on an ebay search or call bridge van dismantles as they usually have a few broke.


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Thanks for this, and maybe I'm not as silly as I thought I was!!
I originally connected the Earth to 1 of the 3 long bolts that hold the Starter onto the Clutch/Gearbox casing but when I tried to start it it sounded like it shorted and the dash went dead.
I haven't tried it since I moved the earth to the solenoid so I'll go move it back.
I'll go look for those high amp fuses next and see what state they are in, otherwise I'm back to the issue being the relay or the ignition!!


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Thanks for this, and maybe I'm not as silly as I thought I was!!
I originally connected the Earth to 1 of the 3 long bolts that hold the Starter onto the Clutch/Gearbox casing but when I tried to start it it sounded like it shorted and the dash went dead.
I haven't tried it since I moved the earth to the solenoid so I'll go move it back.
I'll go look for those high amp fuses next and see what state they are in, otherwise I'm back to the issue being the relay or the ignition!!


This all is a bit strange unless you have some kind of immobiliser fitted, most starters are wired the same on all engines
The solenoid mounted on top of the starter has two large 8mm connections 13mm spanner and one 6mm/ 8mm spanner or a push on connector.
The lower will be connected to the starter with a short lead going into the body, it is always connected when you buy the starter.
The upper8mm is connected to the battery with a long lead and is live at all times. if you connected this to earth you probably would have blown up the battery. This is the reason the battery earth lead should always be disconnected before you remove a starter.
The small one is the feed from the ignition switch to operate the solenoid and will only be live when the key is turned.
There may be an earth lead connected to one the mounting bolts and then to the chassis, it can also be linked to the engine block.
Follow the cables and see if you have an immobiliser fitted.


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Have you checked the battery ends?
Sounds to me like you’re loosing current?

A bit of advice, electrics can be fickle....... 12 volts and high current (as a starter circuit is, and un-fused) can very easily lead to a very rapid fire if a short occurs, believe me I’ve seen a few. If you’re in any doubt ask an auto electrician to help.
This sort of fault isn’t usually difficult to diagnose and sort, but getting it wrong can be mighty problematic and costly.


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I would totally agree with jjf.
If you feel comfortable in doing the wiring as described in the previous posts.
The small wire on the solenoid is the switching wire, but leave it off, but not touching anything. Check your ignition switches on, before replacing the wire.
My thinking, is that maybe your ignition key is worn and the contacts are not been made in the key barrel. Use a spare key if you have one.
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Ps, get your battery checked, a dying battery will have poor cranking power.


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Anyway, it now sounds like my problem all along was the replay issue discussed in this thread.
Where is this relay? in the engine bay up behind the battery? or under the dash somewhere as I can't seem to locate it and have no workshop manuals...
Also, could any of you who sourced such a replacement reply possibly post a link to it or an accurate description to go searching ebay etc. for a replacement.


Hi....Mine is a LHD and the glow plug relay is located on the bulkhead high up at the rear of the battery. You cannot buy these relay's new. No longer available was Fiats response. I rang all the breakers and none available. I sourced an aftermarket kit from Germany, Easy enough to wire up once you follow instructions ....Hope you get it sorted soon....Cheers.


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Thanks a lot guys for all the details and help.
Away with work at the moment but will put into practice all advice once I get back over the weekend and hopefully report back soon.


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I've attached some images for general info but also to add detail as I'm looking for more pointers to diagnose issue.
I had the starter wired correctly but given the problem I though I must have done something wrong, hence the questions about fuses etc.
Anyway, have pulled the battery out and gone searching and found the following (everything has been loosed from the bulkhead so I could check things out so the attached pics don't have them in correct position!!).
In PIC1 there is the biggest fuse I can find, yellow arrow, its 175A and just crosses the live wire. This was fine.
In PIC2, just above the Battery the green box (yellow arrow) has 2 30A fuses, these also fine.
In PIC3, a couple of things going on here that I'm not sure of.
The Green arrow points to what could be a 70A breaker (also highlighted in PIC1)??
The Yellow arrow points to a grey wire coming from this that's disconnected and looks like it used to have a fuse in its tubular connection, not sure what this does.

So, to further describe the issues, I made sure everything was wired up correctly, turned the key in the ignition to position 1 and all electrics worked fine; hazards, lights, radio, and dash, no ignition element light on and all looks good.
I throw the ignition to start and all goes dead, no electrics at all, no lights, no dash lights, etc.
If I disconnect and reconnect the battery everything is back, can turn key to ignition position 1, lights work, etc.etc. but as soon as I try and start the whole lot dies.
So I took the battery out and tested it, 12.67ishV so as far as I know that's fine, put it on trickle charge over night anyway and its charge is fine.
Took starter out and wired it up to a battery to test and its fine, solenoid pushes arm out and wheel spins.
So the fact that all electrics are fine until I try and start, at which point the whole lot goes, seems like there's a breaker, maybe that 70A 1 pictured with the green arrow?
Any helpful thoughts welcome but could it be that this 70A unit is knackered or there is some other short in the system and this is only doing what it should be doing?
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When you have the battery back in turn on the ignition but do not try starting. Switch on full lights, flashers, heater fan and anything else to put a load on the battery. A bad battery could show 12-13 volts when not under load but as soon as you put it under load, eg trying to start, the voltage will drop significantly. If this is your problem your lights, fan etc will only last for a very short period of time.


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When you have the battery back in turn on the ignition but do not try starting. Switch on full lights, flashers, heater fan and anything else to put a load on the battery. A bad battery could show 12-13 volts when not under load but as soon as you put it under load, eg trying to start, the voltage will drop significantly. If this is your problem your lights, fan etc will only last for a very short period of time.

Add to this you will get the same effect if your main battery connections or chassis earth is bad. Take off the connections clean wire brush/Emery paper. Follow the earth lead down to the chassis disconnect and clean making sure you have clean bare metal to metal contact and the bolt is tight.
Have you tried jump starting it.
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The Green arrow is a relay switch but I wouldn't know what it's function is.
Been 70 amp rating, I would assume it is supplying something very power hungry, like a main fuse board.
Allocation of relay pins,
Pin 30, positive 12 volt supply,
Pin 85, negative /earth
Pin 86, switching signal, 12 volt
Pin 87, 12 volt output.

Back to your starter. This is to bypass the ignition system, temporarily. BE VERY CAREFUL.
Put everything thing back into place, except the small switching wire on the starter solenoid.
Get a piece of spare wire a few feet long and fit a 10 amp fuse halfway along its length. Then put a crimp on connector on one end and fit this to the starter solenoid.
With the wagon in neutral gear and handbrake on, gently tip the spare end of the wire on the positive pole of your battery, to see if the starter fires up.
If this works, the fault lies between your ignition and the solenoid of the starter.
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Posted: 26.12.2018  ·  #28
Thought I had it but back to square 1....
Tested the battery as suggested, double checked connections and cleaned, tried jump starting and did the ignition bypass stuff but still no go.
Last test proved ignition was fine so connected the ignition wire back to the starter and tried again to start the engine and guess what....it started.
However, at this stage the battery was sitting on the ground connected with jump leads and all relays etc. were just dangling in the engine bay.
Let the engine run for a while while I had a cuppa before I would go at putting all back together...
Turned off the engine and tried starting it again and was fine...
So turned off engine to set about putting everything back in its place.
Upon completion of putting everything back together I tried starting and immediately back to square 1, no start and all electrics tripping!!!!
I've since worked out that its the relay HDREL1 LP1101 that's tripping (green arrow in images).
When the trip happens if I pull the positive lead off the replay and put back on the electrics come back.
So I suppose the question is, does this sound like the relay is knackered (not expensive to change this relay) or is the relay working fine and just catching a bigger problem (as its designed to do)?
Given that I got the unexpected start this morning when I had it all wired correctly, that suggests to me its a problem with the relay, it just intermittently worked this morning.
I'll go get a replacement and see.
I'm also wondering on this relay, as mentioned by Thorn123, PIN 86 is a 12V switching signal but is disconnected, the yellow arrow in PIC3 shows it, the grey cable.
It seems that it may be missing a fuse, think it might be 15A but assuming it has to cause some issue otherwise why is it there yet not connected!!
Anyway, thanks again to all for struggling through my posts and throwing ideas my way, appreciated..

P.S. Just to respond to sprinter, I'm based on Longford/Westmeath border about 25 mins from Mullingar!!!


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Posted: 26.12.2018  ·  #29
Give Tristan a ring at Pat Horan. O tor’s he is a genius and it’s only 50 odd miles from you and I’ll guarantee he will sort it out for you.


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Posted: 26.12.2018  ·  #30
My instinct would to change the relay.
I reckon that it is a standard 4 or 5 pin, 12 volt relay which can be got for €7 or €8 in any motor factors.
There should be a shop open on Friday or Saturday morning.
I have came across sticking relay in electrical circuit before, that if you tip or move they function again until the next time.
Regarding the 86 pin/ grey wire, that's beyond me.
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Just to update as I finally found the fault but still cannot fathom why its the problem.
It was staring me in the face all along but only for the various tips and advice to short circuit the neutral cable and/or use jump leads instead I would have continued to assume it was a complicated issue.
Anyway, as in image attached, once I took the quick-release battery pole connector out of the loop the camper has been fine.
As per previous posts if I connected everything up with this connector in place, electricity was fine, but once I cranked the engine all electricity would die.
So took the neutral cable out of the van to check for breaks but in testing with neutral removed I took a jump lead from the quick release connector to the chassis and engine with exact same symptoms.
For whatever reason I tried connecting the jump lead directly to the battery neutral and all worked fine!!!
So put original neutral cable back in and secured all other bits, removed the quick-release connector from the system and its all working fine now for the last couple of weeks.
The connector itself is just a threaded screw that allows the neutral cable be quickly disconnected from the battery and I can't really see any problems with it, bit dirty before I cleaned it up, but other than that it has me confused what its failing was.
Anyway, all working now so not too bothered as you can imagine at the moment to work out whats wrong.
So many thanks again for all help and advice offered on this thread, it was appreciated a lot.
Off tonight for our first trip since all these problems kicked off so lets see what happens...
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Posted: 19.01.2019  ·  #32
Good to hear...Nothing better than sorting out niggly electrical problem's....Enjoy!


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Hi....Mine is a LHD and the glow plug relay is located on the bulkhead high up at the rear of the battery. You cannot buy these relay's new. No longer available was Fiats response. I rang all the breakers and none available. I sourced an aftermarket kit from Germany, Easy enough to wire up once you follow instructions ....Hope you get it sorted soon....Cheers.


I’m having the clicking and orange glow plug flicking light too. Should I just just go ahead and get a new relay or get the heater plugs tested? Van starts and drives no problem, just the clicking is annoying and seems to do it more when mor electrical items are on like the wipers or indicators. Do you think this relay will fit rather than needing an after market kit? eBay link suggests it fits my van but I would send a message to the seller first. I’m having another electrical issue with my vehicle battery not charging on EHU but assume it is not related so I will set up a new post on that.

My van is a LHD 1999 Ducato 2.5 TD.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0…2265456853


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Hi....Mine is a LHD and the glow plug relay is located on the bulkhead high up at the rear of the battery. You cannot buy these relay's new. No longer available was Fiats response. I rang all the breakers and none available. I sourced an aftermarket kit from Germany, Easy enough to wire up once you follow instructions ....Hope you get it sorted soon....Cheers.


I’m having the clicking and orange glow plug flicking light too. Should I just just go ahead and get a new relay or get the heater plugs tested? Van starts and drives no problem, just the clicking is annoying and seems to do it more when mor electrical items are on like the wipers or indicators. Do you think this relay will fit rather than needing an after market kit? eBay link suggests it fits my van but I would send a message to the seller first. I’m having another electrical issue with my vehicle battery not charging on EHU but assume it is not related so I will set up a new post on that.

My van is a LHD 1999 Ducato 2.5 TD.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0…2265456853


Gavster....That relay looks like it fit's your van....Good price too. I had the same issue, the clicking was driving me nuts even though the van drove perfectly It was a relief having the new relay installed :up:


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Cheers Panda, I was hoping you would spot this post and would confirm my hope that it was a simple replacement. It looks accessible enough and easy to replace as one bolt holds it to the body above the battery and 5 wires are leading to it. I’ve added a picture of my existing relay although it is not very clear but you can see the little black box that the wires are leading to if you zoom in. The eBay one looks much bigger and with 4 wire attachment points. Should hopefully do the same job.


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Cheers Panda, I was hoping you would spot this post and would confirm my hope that it was a simple replacement. It looks accessible enough and easy to replace as one bolt holds it to the body above the battery and 5 wires are leading to it. I’ve added a picture of my existing relay although it is not very clear but you can see the little black box that the wires are leading to if you zoom in. The eBay one looks much bigger and with 4 wire attachment points. Should hopefully do the same job.


Right...The ebay listing say's it fits your model but the 2 relays are different in size and terminal points? I would contact him first as you say and get confirmation it fits.


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Oops, I’ve already ordered it. The old one needs to go anyway and I would hope my mechanic would be able to change the terminal point sizes. I did think they were different sizes. I’m just puzzled why my current one has 5 wires. I looked at it again tonight and the short blue wire is actually actually attached to 2 points - it is just a 1cm loop out and back in again. Maybe someone put them on to protect the points but I’m just guessing.

Should still be easier than the after market workaround one you got from Germany?


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Oops, I’ve already ordered it. The old one needs to go anyway and I would hope my mechanic would be able to change the terminal point sizes. I did think they were different sizes. I’m just puzzled why my current one has 5 wires. I looked at it again tonight and the short blue wire is actually actually attached to 2 points - it is just a 1cm loop out and back in again. Maybe someone put them on to protect the points but I’m just guessing.

Should still be easier than the after market workaround one you got from Germany?


I'm sure it'll be fine.....It states it fits your model so all should be good, :up:

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Re: 1999 Ducato glow plug control relay box

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Posted: 11.07.2020  ·  #39
 


My mechanic finally got round to putting this relay in recently but the clicking is still there, worse even. There were no instructions with it so he was trying to work it out. It will click every time I put something electrical on like wipers, radio, reversing camera, heater so something must be wired wrong. I’m not mechanically minded but can someone give me a steer on how this might be wired? It was very different to the original unit that was in the van.

I found a labelled schematic of the unit here but I don’t know what the numbers correspond to.

https://www.gsfcarparts.com/93…gJjCPD_BwE


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