[Vwdiesel] Burned out glow plugs

[Hayden Chasteen]

Car has never been over heated since rebuild and I know it is not 
overfueled because I have an EGT installed and you really have to stomp 
on it to get the temps to 1000 degrees and it will drop down very 
quickly.  As many have suggested, I will install a light to the bus bar 
and see if it comes back on during normal running.  If that Happens, 
then it is an easy relay replacement to solve the problem.  I intend to 
pull the injectors on the two cylinders that showed "erosion" and have 
them retested for leakage also.  hayden

On Wednesday, September 22, 2004, at 04:52 PM, Allan Reese wrote:

> I had a similar thing happen to a Rabbit diesel, with the slow glow 
> plugs.  I was driving it over a pass, heading back to Seattle.  The 
> engine "ran away."  There was a tremendous amount of smoke, really a 
> huge amount, nearly obliterating trucks that were in the rear view 
> mirror.  This lasted maybe 20 seconds but it seemed like 20 minutes at 
> the time.  I turned off the key and it just kept on going.  The 
> position of the accelerator didn't make any difference.  Then it 
> stopped and ran normally.  This was either caused by accumulated oil 
> in the intake, or else by a failed injection pump.  When I got to 
> Seattle I shut it off and it sat over the weekend.  When I got in it 
> to drive back home, it would not start.  I pulled the glow plugs and 
> all were burned out.  The ends mere melted off.  Shortly thereafter I 
> rebuilt the engine and never had any more problems.   So in my case 
> heat probably did the damage.  Have you had any way to generate excess 
> heat?
>
> Allan Reese,
> Seattle
>
> Hayden Chasteen wrote:
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