[Vwdiesel] getting closer to 1.6td eco bliss

[Roger Brown]

Bryan Belman wrote:
> So, things are looking pretty good for the car.
> Now that temps are cool, it is clear that #1 or #2 GP
> is out, I have pulled and check the easy ones, 3 and
> 4, they are good, of course.
> Motor runs rough with lots of smoke until down the
> road a bit, then runs fine.
> Cold this morning, but had my new block core heater on
> for a few hours, started up with minor stumble and
> smoke.
> Checked both 50amp and 30amp fuse bars on fire wall,
> both are good with anti-corrosion grease on screws.
> **
> Voltage on large red/white strip wire coming from fuse
> panel to 30amp bar to GP is 10.3 volts, not 12.54
> volts I get elsewhere.
> ** Is this an issue, I would think it should be 12
> I could not get GP relay out of the plug on FW, I was
> afraid it would break something, so that could be
> source of low voltage.
> Can anyone confirm I should have 12volts at wire
> coming from 30amp fuse bar on FW?
> 
> Thanks, Bryan


I measure ~10.8 rising to ~11.0 volts on my glow plug bus.  This is with a fairly new 
battery at about 60F.

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   Roger