I have never had a full set of glow plugs. What is the usual period or how is something like that calculated. In the summer it now starts up on around 3 / 4 turns. Always an initially high amount of smoke.(soon goes) The car had always started up quickly before one particular full service, where the tank filter was changed, and i believed that there was some sort of back flow valve that might have been fitted wrongly?? This was several years ago; I have lived with this problem for a long time. I increased the battery size to compensate. If i remember rightly, I did have the glow plugs checked at the time. I know one has been changed in the cars lifetime. Millage now around 187,000
regards, Mick, bluecattreats