Ford Escort 1.8 Diesel G reg (1990) starting problem?

suppose it could be a nackered battery, try the simple things first

pete
February 2005

This sounds like a contact resistence fault inside the relay. You could try tapping the relay whilst the ignition is on to see if the noise stops and becomes a click. If everthing else on the car is electrically sound ie. no other dim lights etc then you'll probably end up fitting a new relay to cure this problem.

Mike Hurford
February 2005