However, as you crank the engine, the glow plugs are fed once again, this time directly from the starter motor circuit, bypassing the temperaturesensing switch.

It commonly manifested itself in the 1130 variant of the engine, as a difficulty to crank the engine when hot.

This version was manually armed, and triggered when someone tried to crank the engine.

The external supply of current recharges the vehicle's battery and provides some of the current needed to crank the engine.

As global warming loses traction on the public imagination, environmental pressure groups have been cranking the engine on this 'other carbon dioxide problem'.