XSARA 1.9 D 2002 is put in 3 cylinders

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Hi Sertdi, yes, it's a diesel engine, and when I mentioned spark plugs, I meant the glow plugs. I thought it was clear when I said 1.9 D. Sorry for not clarifying. Thanks for your concern.

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Good afternoon.
The first thing I wanted to mention is that it seems you are discussing different things.
Sergio1671, from what I'm reading, seems to be referring to the ignition glow plugs as spark plugs. I get this impression because you also mention that your car model is a 1.9 D, meaning that being a diesel, it doesn't have spark plugs due to the compression and combustion system of diesel engines, which, as you correctly stated, only operate when the engine is started. And sosa10 is explaining the problem as being related to the ignition glow plugs.
Sergio1671, what are you referring to?
If it's running on 3 cylinders like you said, it's almost certainly due to a faulty diesel injector. What type of injectors does it have? It would also be a good idea to check if they're receiving power.
By the way, how did you do the test with the lamp? Because it seems to me that all you checked was that the heater was working properly and making a good ground connection. It also seems very strange to me that the air intake is so low; it should be behind the grille since that's where it draws in air best, if I'm not mistaken, next to the left headlight. Anyway, when you have a chance, check these things and clarify a bit for me too, as I'm still left with the questions I mentioned before.
I hope I can help you in the future.
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Hi Brunold, yes, it's a diesel engine. I was actually wondering if the problem could be caused by an injector. It's not electronic injection. The only injector with a wire is the one for the fourth cylinder, which, if I'm not mistaken, is the one that sets the timing. What I checked with a test light was whether the glow plugs were getting power. To my surprise, they're not just for starting; they keep heating up while the engine is running (I compared it to a Peugeot 206, which has the same engine - DW8). The air intake, just so you know, is below the radiator (looking at the engine from above). When I found out it was there, I was devastated! It doesn't give you any room to maneuver over a 20-centimeter speed bump with water because it gets in through the air intake. I'll take a picture later and upload it so you can see it. Thanks for your concern. Best regards.

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If I'm not mistaken, with the test light you'd take a positive wire, for example, from the battery, and go to the heater connector... If that's how you're doing it, you're checking the grounds.
The correct way to do it would be to put the lamp in series with the circuit so that it only receives positive power when the ECU sends it. I don't know how you would do it, but try it if you didn't do it as I told you and see what happens. If the glow plugs were always on, they would constantly heat the inside of the cylinder, making the air-fuel mixture hotter and therefore resulting in poorer combustion, since the hotter it is, the worse the combustion.
On the other hand, what exactly is your car doing? Low idle? Unstable idle? Poor performance? If you tell me more precisely, I'll check it in Autodata to see what might be wrong. What I've noticed here is that several common faults similar to yours recommend checking the air intake filter (maybe yours is wet and not letting air through properly) and also checking the fuel filter and lines. I'm sending you an image of the poor performance fault.
By the way, I forgot to ask if the engine malfunction light came on in your car's instrument cluster?
All the best