[Vwdiesel] starting TDI vs IDI

[Lee Hillsgrove]

  We've covered this before...

 The A3 1.9 IDI only, DID energize the glow plugs when the door was opened.
The TDIs never did. Check out an A3 Bentley wiring diagram for the proof, I
have.
 VW screwed up the owner's manual and the untruth has just been propagated.


Lee
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Alexander" <salex at dsl.cis.upenn.edu>
To: <FJ40Jim at aol.com>
Cc: "vwdiesel list" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] starting TDI vs IDI


> On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 13:00, FJ40Jim at aol.com wrote:
> > [snip] TDI's don't start heating glow plugs when the interior
> >  light comes on, that's an old wives tale.
>
> Hmmm.  My mom has a '99 Passat Wagon (gasser).  Last time I was
> visiting, we were driving somewhere and I pulled out the owner's manual
> just to look through it.  One thing that caught my eye (because it
> seemed like such a good idea) was the statement that the glow plugs come
> on based on the state of the driver's door.  That is, they either turned
> on when the door opened or closed.  I don't remember which.  It even got
> me thinking about whether there was a simple way to retrofit something
> like that to my car for those cold winter mornings.