[Vwdiesel] Looking for Tips to Minimize Startup Smoking in Winter

[Will Taygan]

Sandy, why use solid wire instead of braided?  Also, do you crimp ring
connectors on, or just wrap the wire?

Will.

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 13:17 -0500, Sandy Cameron wrote:
> At 11:13 AM 11/01/2008 -0600, you wrote:
> >I have an '82 Rabbit which smokes generously for 30 seconds if less than
> >40 F and not preheated fully by block heater.   I assume this may have
> >been the normal condition out of the showroom, but I wanted to make sure
> >I am not missing something.  My problem is that I don't know what
> >"normal" cold weather starting is.
> >
> 
> One or more glow plugs are open circuit, and/or "after-glow" time is too short.
> Cars made from 93 up have an extended glow period after starting, to reduce
> polution.
> 
> But it's still imprtant that ALL the plugs are OK for a clean start
> 
> I'll bet it runs very rough until the cold cylinders light up, then the
> cloud of smoke ensues, followed  by smoothing out the roughness, and the
> smoke stops a short time later
> 
> Cure:
> 
> 1) Remove buss bar completely and toss it (into a copper recycle bin)
> 
> 2) connect a length of #12 or #14 solid insulated (stripped from a piece of
> romex) wire to each plug. Readily available at any construction site dumpster.
> 
> Test each plug separately with a test lamp, or ammeter, good for 10 amps,
> from the Pos. batt. terminal.....replace duds.
> Ohm meters have been known to lie, as they dont use enough current. The 10
> amp ammeter is the best indicator the plug is functioning
> 
> 3) Bring the wires together a few inches above the injector lines.
> 
> 4) Connect them together, along with the heavy wire you removed from plug #4.
> 
> 5) Carefully tape the joint and bind the wires to the top injector pipe with
> ty-wraps so they dont flail around from the vibration.
> 
> If you make the joint with a nut and bolt, you will be able to take it apart
> quickly, and test each plug individually with a test lamp from the Positive
> battery post. (I re-typed that from Pos. as that now seems to have a
> different meaning from an abbreviation for positive.)
> 
>  Getting old, I guess
> 
> Sandy
> 
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