[Vwdiesel] Glow Plugs

[Sandy Cameron]

The last time I did glow plugs on each car, I took out the bussbar and ran a
single #12 wire to each plug, and brought them to a common point just above
the injection lines. I then connected them all together with the main wire
from the fuse using 1 bolt and nut.
Now I can disconnect this point in about a minute, and check each plug
individually.
Works for me.

Sandy

At 12:06 PM 12/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi There:
>     My diesel got slower to start and made a
>lot of smoke for the first minute, so I knew
>at least one glow plug was out. I got the
>digital meter out and measured the voltage
>drop across the buss bars. From #one to #2
>it was 1.9 milivolts, from #2 to #3 it was
>3.8, but from #3 to #4 it was still 3.8,
>which means #3 glow plug was out. I could
>not tell the status of #4 since I did not
>have a voltage drop reading for the wire
>from the fuse to plug #4.
>
>    If you can get your grubby hands on a
>digital meter, it might be a good idea to
>take these readings and write them down
>for future reference. I just set the
>meter to DC Volts and set it on the lowest
>setting. While the plugs are cycling,
>take the readings. You will need two or
>three cycles to get all the readings
>unless you are fast.
>
>My two cents for today!
>
>Al
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