[Vwdiesel] cold tdi

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/19/2009 8:56:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
jhsg at sasktel.net writes:

> They are the coolant glow plugs.
> VW recognized the need to bring the car up to operating temp sooner so 
> these
> are basically glow plugs that heat the coolant as it leaves the head on 
> it's
> way to the heater core.  Might want to check these to see if they are 
> open.
> There are three IIRC.
> 

 I was thinking those were '96, '97 Passat items only for some 
reason but not sure.  I'd always been told they were good for 
about 70K miles but at 120K and 150K,  Dad's and mine are still, 
all good.  :-)
     Loren