[Vwdiesel] ID this Glowplug please !

[Nate Wall]

The Jetta TD takes a "fast golw" plug (Not sure where
that "NOTE" came from in Bentely manual about TDs
using slow glow plugs to reduce smoking when cold,
perhaps this was for '84 and earlier, my '85 TD had
the fast plugs from the factory!). The plug you have
is either a "slow" glow, or is defective. A fast glow
plug, hooked up to a 12V car battery, w/in a second or
two, glows BRIGHT orange to yellow. It also has a
brass collar (as opposed to an aluminum one for the
"slows". New Bosch plugs are about 12 US dollars at
your favorite German parts jobber, or if you wish to
help the VW dealers profit margin, about $30 from VW.
Do not use ANYTHING other than Bosch. Trust me on
this!

--nate
--- Mike & Coreen Smith <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> Hi All,
> A friend at work gave me this (1) glowplug today,
> left over from his 91?
> Golf (or could possibly be from a Rabbit), diesel
> and he thinks it was a
> 1.6L
> I hooked up the glowpug to the ohmmeter, showed
> about 0.2 Ohms (200
> milliOhms)
> "           "               "         " a 12VDC
> battery and it smoked a
> little and got pretty darn hot. (did not glow).
>
> Question is, will it fit in my 88 Jetta Turbo Diesel
> 1.6L engine?
>
> Markings are:
> Bosch 0250 200 052  11V  041 (I think the ID# may
> just be the 250 200 052
> part but not sure)
> It takes a 12mm socket and the hot "plug" part on it
> is aprox an inch long I
> suppose.
>
> I think I may have 1 or 2 bad glowplugs (have yet to
> check) and if this
> would fit, I'll use it.
>
> Ideas? Hints? Kinks? Comments?
>
> At locally $60++tax, I'd hate to buy new if I could
> get this one to work,
> then maybe snag another one used, possibly from
> someone on here.
>
> TI Advance
> Mike in NB (and for Hagar....."73"......) LOL
>
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