[Vwdiesel] (Glow Plugs) Have I reached the end...for now.

[Roger Brown]

Roger Brown wrote:
> See if you can hook up a light bulb to the glow plug bus to use it as a
> test light.  Check the socket that the relay plugs into, I've found it
> to be very fragile plastic and its not uncommon for some of the
> supporting material behind the sockets to break and that leads to a poor
> connection.  There is no transistor involved in supplying power to the
> plugs, the relay contacts do all the switching, the other electronics in
> with the relay do all the timing functions, but its the relay that
> switches the power to the plugs.
>         http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/GlowPlug.shtml#TroubleShooting

Just for grins, I picked up a set of those LED washer nozzles. 
Actually, I needed to replace the stock washers which seem to be no
longer available.  But instead of wiring the LEDs to the parking lights,
I plan on hooking them up to the glow plug bus.  This way, they will
show me when the glow plugs are getting power without having to run more
wires back from the engine compartment.

-- 
   Roger