[Vwdiesel] how do I know I have a bad glow plug in newer TDI

[Tony and Lillie]

I'm still rolling on the floor after reading the last sentence!!!

Thanks for that,
Tony

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Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] how do I know I have a bad glow plug in newer TDI
> DO NOT test any glow plug newer than a 1Z motor with 12v.  They use less
> voltage and will burn out rather spectacularly.  Ask me how I know 
> this....
> They quickly get really white hot and look like a kid's sparkler, right
> about the time your "Oh crap" alarm goes off, the festivities end. So if 
> you
> want to take pictures, be ready, it's quick.
> Test them for simple continuity to ground. A test light clipped to bat + 
> for
> instance, and ground the pointy end through the glow plug.  I have never
> seen one fail to ground, although then your gp fuse would be blown, and
> master diagnosticians we all are would have checked that first anyway... 
> :-)
> -james
>