No heating plug light on dash is this the module away

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no light at all on my dash of 06 clk 320
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Would faulty glow plug module be the fault as there’s no dash light coming on at alll
Funny no fault showed up on icarsoft Mb scan.
 

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no light at all on my dash of 06 clk 320
cdi for glow plugs, also noticed turns quickly a few times before staring and throws out a puff of smoke so getting fuel ok.
Would faulty glow plug module be the fault as there’s no dash light coming on at alll
Funny no fault showed up on icarsoft Mb scan.
Does the light show up at all when you turn the key to second position (when all dash lights are tested )before the engine fires ?
 
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Does the light show up at all when you turn the key to second position (when all dash lights are tested )before the engine fires ?

No getting no glow plug light at all
 

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Different age car so maybe different electronics but the light suddenly disappeared on mine and at same time was a bit slower to start when cold and with a puff of smoke when lower than 10 degrees. Tested with multimeter and relay worked for all 6 pins and 5 of glowplugs were good ohms, one bad, so thought maybe the glowplug going bad messed up the light part of the circuit?

Either way been like that for 4 years without light starting fine above 15 degrees, and good enough with a bit of accelerator even to -3 (the lowest I started it at).
 

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Inline engines (OM63X series) are better starters than V engine (I believe OP has one?), and faulty pre glow system may well cause puff of smoke. Usually faulty plug is indicated my coil light staying on after start, have have got same thing happening when I left controller feed plug loosen in my OM613 by mistake. Better read the codes and test glow system before throwing money to new parts.
 

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You could test the glow plugs with a resistance meter , if they check out ok then maybe the GP module ?
I'm guessing MB Star may be able to drill down deeper for faults , if it was me though I would look at replacing the module at maybe £115 (especially when you factor in the cost of a Star session) , especially as they are a common failure .
I take it the cars battery is ok ?
 
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You could test the glow plugs with a resistance meter , if they check out ok then maybe the GP module ?
I'm guessing MB Star may be able to drill down deeper for faults , if it was me though I would look at replacing the module at maybe £115 (especially when you factor in the cost of a Star session) , especially as they are a common failure .
I take it the cars battery is ok ?

Yes good battery and 90% sure it’s
heating , any fault I had with glow plug before always showed up with the light staying on , but in this case
I am thinking module as there’s no light at all , will maybe take module off it looks simple enough and clean terminals and get part number from it while it’s off.
 
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Inline engines (OM63X series) are better starters than V engine (I believe OP has one?), and faulty pre glow system may well cause puff of smoke. Usually faulty plug is indicated my coil light staying on after start, have have got same thing happening when I left controller feed plug loosen in my OM613 by mistake. Better read the codes and test glow system before throwing money to new parts.

Yes om642 v6 , no light at all
 
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Same engine as mine , there have been updated modules if yours is original it's well overdue .

I thought the icarsoft would have shown me a fault in the heating , unless I am using it wrong.
 
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Inline engines (OM63X series) are better starters than V engine (I believe OP has one?), and faulty pre glow system may well cause puff of smoke. Usually faulty plug is indicated my coil light staying on after start, have have got same thing happening when I left controller feed plug loosen in my OM613 by mistake. Better read the codes and test glow system before throwing money to new parts.

Last v6 I had when had faulty glo plug my light stayed on after engine started.
I run this one through icarsoft v2 but nothing showed up . Starting ok but would like it corrected .
 
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Same engine as mine , there have been updated modules if yours is original it's well overdue .

is that module under the plate near front of engine. Looks like 2 plugs
 

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Last v6 I had when had faulty glo plug my light stayed on after engine started.
I run this one through icarsoft v2 but nothing showed up . Starting ok but would like it corrected .
When was the last time you updated the software on your icarsoft MB2? current Diagnostics Module is software v11.10.
 

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Likelihood is you have a plug gone but the light not showing up at all could just be the build has gone in the cluster, would at least explain the no errors
 
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When was the last time you updated the software on your icarsoft MB2? current Diagnostics Module is software v11.10.

Will need to check that out.
 

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