[Vwdiesel] Glowplugs with a "GAP" like a sparkplug ????.

[Dana Morphew]

I've never seen a gap to check/set and have never read or heard that there was one.
  The Chilton's is wrong.  The glows get hot because of a large resistance.

Dana


> Hows about that one Charlie Brown ??(Roger Brown) Just as I thought I had the glowplugs down pad--then this.
> I am quoting chilton's  Manual # 7917.      Glowplugs have a built in gap that prevents them from burning out .WOW am I ignorant or what ?.
> Someone please explain abut the GAP.      Hagar.