[Vwdiesel] Much ado about nothing?

[Shirley, Mark R]

Over 200,000 miles on the Passat.  Just changed first
plug.  One only.   :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Shepherd [mailto:mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 8:34 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Much ado about nothing? 
> 
> 
> Where would we be without cynics and sceptics?
> Loren your either lucky or  on the ball or a little of both
> perhaps  with respect of your glowplug reliability...
> For me I've travelled only 40000 miles in my Quantum over 3
> years. During which I've replaced one head and about 12
> glowplugs.
> I had 3 go a few weeks ago after a year of  trouble free
> starting.
> As the 'Q's body was a gasser replacement after the PO
> allowed the original diesel body to rot away;
> the glowplug relay had never been reinserted into the relay
> panel but was allowed to rest in the engine compartment.
> Not all connections were attached ie the hot coolant wire
> and the starter link.
> The relay energising supply was simply one of the spare
> wires that go live with ignition switch on.
> My first plugs were 'slow' but replacements were various
> brands of fast ones.
>  I attached to the bus bar supply a slave wire back through
> to the switch area and put on  a light.
>  There was no diesel LED in the gasser inst panel. The relay
> was always energising for 45 seconds.
> Last year I listened to advice and installed individual
> wires to the GPs.
> After the recent GP failures I decided to do something about
> it as removing fuellines and then retorquing the fittings
> can only lead to failure over time.
>  (If a set costs $100 over your way I'm sure they'll cost
> twice that here) :o(
> My recent addition to cure the problem is another switch to
> turn off GP's as soon as not needed.
> switching back on gives further possible 45 second heating
> should it be required.
>  But I'm basically using it to turn off after a few seconds
> or as I've discovered this week;
> I have the option to leave GP's off if engine still warm...
> Mark(The Miser)UK
> 
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