[Vwdiesel] Glow plug intermitancy

[82 Diesel Westy]

Yes, Agree with James, take out the 30amp fuse bar
from the holder.  Clean it with emery cloth on the
contact points and make sure it is not brittle.  Most
likely it has never been touched on your car?

To make sure all wires are snapped into the bottom of
the relay holder, take the relay out, and wiggle all
of the wires in the holder.  Make sure they do not pop
out with a little pull because that relay puts a lot
of push on some of them.  If the metal snap tab that
holds the female connector in the holder is bent down
the wrong way or missing, make sure to use long pair
of needle nose players to connect that connector when
you put the relay back in the holder.

my 2 pennies.
Bryan, NJ
--- James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> mikitka wrote:
> > I didn't have much time yesterday. So as time
> permits I will start cleaning
> > up all the grounds on the engine, body and battery
> and see where that leads
> > me.  I couldn't tell if the metal connectors were
> pushed in on the fuse
> > block where the relay goes. What would be a good
> way to check that?
> > Nick
> > 
> 
> 
> I wouldn't sweat that Nick- you have power to the
> plugs.
> 10ish volts is correct when the plugs are in the
> circuit- each plug 
> causes a small voltage drop of nearly a half volt in
> the circuit, so 10 
> is right.  I understand what you are chasing- a
> connection with high 
> resistance, but remember, with this amount of
> current, any resistance on 
> any connection would quickly make a resistive
> connection VERY apparent- 
> it would be smoking, melting plastic on the relay
> holder for instance. 
> You just can't block that kind of current and not
> have A LOT of heat 
> generated VERY quickly.
> 
> 
> If you want a definitive test, pull an injector out
> and observe the plug 
> tip.
> 
> I have ran across an intermittent fuse on the
> firewall in the past, that 
> was a fun deal to find, and the half dead fuse
> lasted forever until I 
> touched it.
> 
> Otherwise it sounds like your car is functioning
> normally re: the cold 
> start lever etc.
> 
> I really like a permanent indicator light wired to
> the glow plug bus 
> bar.  takes away a lot of guessing if it decides to
> not start right.
> 
> -james
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