[Vwdiesel] Re: 2 glow plug relays

[dieseltdi at earthlink.net]

> Must be on an A3 or later vehicle then, but not a TDI.  Some guy from Europe
> had e-mailed me some scans of his VW Diesel glow
> plug wiring as he was having problems and had found my page on testing the
> system components.  His setup had two separate
> relays.  Couldn't make out how they worked from the diagram (all the notations
> were in a foreign language).
> _______________________________________________
When I did my engine swap into the 85 Jetta (1.9TD) I found reference to two
glow plug relays, one on the fuse box and one in the engine conpartment.
Teh 1.9 pumps had a electric cold start valve built into them that was
controlled in part by this second glow plug relay.  It was actually refered
to as the Automatic Glow Time Control Module or some such thing.  I have
actually seen late model Ecodiesels that also had some such module under the
hood.  Hayden
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