[Vwdiesel] Burned out glow plugs

[Hayden Chasteen]

Injectors had new nozzles put in and pressure tested at about 2000 miles.  I
guess we are going to see if the relay is cycling during the running of the
engine.  I just can't figure out how all four could burn out like that but I
suppose, since I am not driving it on a regular basis, that my son could
have been having problems all along with slow starts as one plug and then
another burned out but this being Texas and a low temp in the summer is
mid70's to high 80's, he probably didn't notice.  Hayden

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Val Christian" <val at swamps.roc.ny.us>
To: "Hayden Chasteen" <dieseltdi at earthlink.net>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Burned out glow plugs


> Sounds like:
>
> a. dripping injectors
> b. possibility that glow plug relay may be cycling during normal engine
> run (this has happened to me a couple of times, esp with relays that
> are "water damaged")
>
> I defer to the many experts, as my experience is limited to a dozen cars
> over about 27 years, with only a couple of million miles on each.
>
> How old are your injectors?
>
> Val
>
>
> >
> > Have a puzzler for the collective wisdom of the group.  Over the last
> > several weeks, we have had a few mornings when the temps were in the
> > low 60's a couple in the 50's.  My son has been driving my turbocaddy
> > every day to work and informs me that he is having trouble getting the
> > car started on those cool mornings.  After checking all of the easy
> > things (good battery, good starter, power to glow plugs etc) I tested
> > the glow plug bar with the ohm meter and got.......NOTHING!  Yes that
> > is right, nothing no resistance at all!  Puzzled now, I pulled the
> > first glow plug and found a small piece missing from the plug.  Not at
> > the end, like I am used to seeing when you have a leaky injector, but
> > about 1/8-1/4" back from the tip.  Checked it with the battery charger
> > and sure enough, no glow.  Now I decided I must bite the bullet and
> > pull all of the plugs, a hard chore made harder by the "spaceship" on
> > the turbo pump.  Anyway, all plugs out, all plugs dead!  One other
> > plug, had a small piece missing also but the other two looked OK
> > visually but all tested no glow with the battery tester.  Luckily I had
> > some used plugs from the Ecodiesel engine that I bought so I just
> > swapped those in and vrooom, car starts right up.  When my son got here
> > last night, we hooked a volt meter to the glow plug bar and timed the
> > glow plug relay - 7-9 seconds with power to the glow plugs, then relay
> > clicks and no power to plugs.  So here is my problem, the plugs were
> > new when I put the engine together so they have ONLY 10000 miles on
> > them.  What gives?  I didn't check to see if power came back to the
> > plugs after start up, but I can't imagine the relay closing again after
> > the key is in the run position.  Any input would be appreciated.  I am
> > down to only 3 fast plugs in my possession so I can't replace them all
> > again without an outlay of money and I would rather not do that.  BTW
> > they were Bosch glow plugs, I don't buy anything else.  hayden
> >
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