[Vwdiesel] Age, Diesel History, and Bonus TDI Tragedy

[James Hansen]

I dunno Loren, I've bench ran these plugs, they heat up the fastest of any
plug I have ever seen. It's like a light bulb coming on when you complete
the circuit, and at proper voltage, you want to look away it's so bright.
Looked to me like trying to accomplish too much with too little. Not only
that, the VW parts folks handled the ceramic plugs like they were made of
steel, just tossed them around, etc. when you are explicitly supposed to
handle them with extreme care.

I have a full set of the old ones that I had as spares, I should take them
with me, maybe they can return my car to it's original state.
-james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of LBaird119 at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 7:21 PM
> To: vwdiesel at www.audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Age, Diesel History, and Bonus TDI Tragedy
> 
> In a message dated 12/11/2009 12:05:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dieseltdi at verizon.net writes:
> 
> > but I can imagine it won't be easy
> > since the original plugs pulled 7 volts and the new ones pull 5.
> 
>   GM didn't have problems running 6V plugs(give or take)  in a
> 12V system.  Just have to cycle them.  I recently noticed the
> 7.3 non powerstroke does something similar.  Watching the volt
> meter, they come on for a time, then bounce on/off until you turn
> the key.
>   I would think VW could do something like that.  Just a matter of
> if the present system can be programmed to cycle like that or if
> they'll have to plug in a whole 'nuther system.
>      Loren
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