[Vwdiesel] Glow plugs

[Dan Stock]

I replaced the glow plugs last night.  I tested how long voltage was being supplied and it was about 45 to 50 seconds.  I replaced the glow plug relay with one out of a spare harness I have and it was around 15 seconds.  Tonight I will bleed the fuel system and see how it runs.
 
Thanks for the replies everyone,
Dan

Nate Wall <natewall1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
The '81 may use the slow glow plug system, not sure.
That system, the plugs are on much longer than the 7 -
10 seconds I mentioned in the last post.

--Nate
--- Dan Stock wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a 1981 Rabbit diesel 1.6na. It will not
> start
> and I figured out that all the glow plugs are burnt
> out. I also checked how long battery voltage was
> reaching the plugs after turning the key. It was
> around 45 to 50 seconds. I don`t know how long they
> should get voltage but this seems to long to me. Can
> anyone tell me how long they should get voltage and
> would this be a glow plug relay problem? If I can`t
> figure it out I am thinking of just using a relay
> and
> swith to cycle them manualy.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> 
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"Still if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win 
without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure 
and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to
fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for 
survival. There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there 
is no chance of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as 
slaves."    - Winston Churchill

"By the way, Mr. Speaker, the Second Amendment is not for killing little ducks and leaving Huey and Dewey and Louie without an aunt and uncle. It is for hunting politicians, like [in] Grozny, [or back in] 1776, when they take your independence away!"   -California Rep. Bob Dornan, Congressional Record, 25 January, 1995

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