[Vwdiesel] *CEL light on middle of road trip*

[Matt Alkire]

The only time my CEL has ever come on in the Golf has been due to the Glow Plug harness.  It comes on whenever and wherever.  I usually just pull it, spray some penetrating oil or de-oxit, and put it back on.  After turning the light off, it stays off for about a year at a time.  If it's running fine, I bet it's not too serious, but I'd still stop by autozone or checker or something and have the code pulled.

-Matt

On May 8, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Rolf Pechukas wrote:

> hi all
> 2001 Golf TDi
> middle of a several hr drive, CEL just came on
> checked the oil and coolant, bout all I can do on the road, both OK
> how worried should I be? how immediately should I have someone pull codes?
> 
> this car still recovering from alternator job where shop left off the hard pipe from the turbo to the intake
> smelly exhaust since pipe replaced, and I saw yesterday in the rear view mirror smoke of some kind under load (moderate acceleration)
> never noticed smelly exhaust or smoke of any kind before the alt mishap
> 
> 2¢ please? thanks,
> 
> - Rolf in MA
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