[Vwdiesel] Glow Plug Relay troubles

[David Cook]

Yeah, made perfect sense until I drove the car this
afternoon!  Aargh!  It still did it a couple times.

I guess this time I'm going to have to investigate the
relay plug.  It was damaged a bit when the original
relay was melted as the wire shorted to ground after a
trans removal.

Everything worked fine with the old relay even though
one of the hi-amp terminals came out of the relay when
I removed it to replace it with the new short glow
relay.  That too worked okay for some time before it
started buzzing.

I was perusing Bentley and Chiltons this afternoon,
and  saw that on longitudinal engined cars, the relay
was in the engine compartment, a much easier to access
place.  I might have to think about moving it if I'm
going to have to keep troubleshooting this thing.

David


--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   Makes perfect sense though.  If the ground was
> loose then every time it 
> rattled and connected, on goes the relay and
> likewise the glow plugs for a full 
> cycle, unless it ungrounds and then it starts again.
>  Sit there and rattle 
> against the connector and the relay would buzz so to
> speak.  Good find!
>      Loren
> 


David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599

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