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Re: Diesel Westy Glow Plug LED
Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:48:30 -0800
At 02:37 PM 11/5/96 -0600, Robert Zezoff wrote: >The glow plug light on my '82 Diesel Westy (35K) comes on to...
Re: A little more help on the non-working dash LED, please
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:26:51 -0700
Glow plug wiring has different ohm ratings (getting bad), glow plug ground flaky or glow plug relay. You can use a multimeter to test...
Re: glow plugs
Historical mailing list - Dan Stevens
Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:50:03 -0400
...Need Diesel, Glow Plug Advice I have just sent a customer some Bosch glow plugs. The boxes all looked the same so I just...
Re: FW: Diesel No Start?
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 10:26:43 -0400
...However, glow > plug life may be shortened due to the long heat cycle > in a hot engine. > > Good luck, > > -Steve > > 90 Westie Syncro (to...
Oil Light on 82 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Yates
Tue, 14 May 1996 08:22:07 GMT+1000
...One turning on the ignition, the light glows brightly and when I start the engine it drops to a dull glow at the time...
FW: Help with part identification/ 82 1.6l Diesel
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Wed, 21 Jun 2000 11:45:01 -0400
...http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/engine/glowplugs/glowplugs.html dave
Re: Queer Diesel Glow Plug Behavior
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:34:20 -0500
...Queer Diesel Glow Plug Behavior > This AM it was 9 degress F (-12.7 C, 260 K) at elevation 7200 ft (2200 m) > and...
Re: diesel vanagon owners - cold start knob -
Historical mailing list - Karl
Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:30:20 -0800
...Eastern Standard Time, > tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM writes: > > >could someone with a '83 down diesel vanagon send me a pic of their > glow > >plug knob...
slight glow from oil press. light
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:04:38 EST
As I came down a long hill (about a mile) in the rain tonight I noticed a slight glow from the oil pressure idiot...
Re: Fridge led glowing on its own again.
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:24:42 -0700
...At first I assumed that a glowing LED (festoon) was a sign that it was burning out but I don't think that's...
Re: oil light
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:50:59 -0400
...the oil light does not glow >brightly but only dimly, and it eventually just fades out. Does the >brightness have anything to do with...
H2 replace glow plug on diesel Eberspacher
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Sat, 13 Jan 2001 08:03:28 -0700
...The glow plug is located near the 10cm diam bulge with a black rubber cap on it (that's the combustion blower). If it...
Glow Shift Tachometer - what shift RPM?
Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:36:30 -0800
Hello all - just got in a Glow Shift tachometer from ebay - it looks pretty cool. External mounting, digital readout, in a tube about 1...
Re: Shed one more bit of light on the fridge light, please
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:25:13 -0400
...ON, and saw that the fridge LED was glowing very dimly, but it was > glowing. You had to look twice, even in the dark...
Re: Fridge igniter doesn't
Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
Tue, 22 Nov 1994 10:58:19 -0700 (MST)
Someone told me that you need to hold down the bypass button on that fridge until the red led glows also. Otherwise the gas...
Re: Valves/lifter adjustment; do not close fully
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:30:37 -0500
...on exhaust fully shown by exhaust headers >glowing a dull orange? Raul The dull orange glow can be from bad or old fuel beacause...
Re: diesel vanagon owners - cold start knob -
Historical mailing list - Karl
Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:33:05 -0800
...Eastern Standard Time, > tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM writes: > > >could someone with a '83 down diesel vanagon send me a pic of their > glow > >plug knob...
Re: Question on WV camper
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:28:13 -0600
At most outside temperatures <20C the Diesels need both functional glow plugs and timing advance to cold start. The first and easiest thing to...
Re: slight glow from oil press. light
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:35:59 -0700
...slight glow from oil press. light > Same thing happened to mine. It would intermittently > glow bright, then fade and go out. Looks to have...
Fwd: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:59:27 EST
The only difference in the Diesel DA-6 and the gas BA-6, is that the Diesel has a pre-glow period and the...
Fwd: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:59:27 EST
The only difference in the Diesel DA-6 and the gas BA-6, is that the Diesel has a pre-glow period and the...
84 Dometic fridge
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schiebel
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:19:19 EDT
...Does anyone know if the LED pilot is supposed to glow if the fridge is switched to ac/dc current. The green LED glows...
93.4% of the way there
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:00:56 -0500
...hopefully this was the reason for the red glow. according to boston bob, the gas was so old that it was burning slow rather...
Re: introduction, story, questions about new '82 diesel westy[longish]
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 06:55:34 -0500
...Spewing oil and burned out glow plug? ... hmm, not sure I see the relationship there. I wouldn't think the engine oil would be...
Re: 'green glow'
Historical mailing list - Bill Berg
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:34:24 -0500
...Went and discovered corroded bulbs and >> contacts, installed new sockets/bulbs checked or replaced all grounds. >> Still have faint glow. Any ideas folks?? Thanks...
Re: dim lights when revved
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Mon, 31 Oct 1994 08:30:14 CST6CDT
> Reason being - I've noticed at night that the Batt and EGR lights are > barely glowing, but the weird thing is that they both...
Re: diesel vanagon owners - cold start knob -
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Tue, 7 Mar 2017 09:56:47 -0600
...Eastern Standard Time, tdiguru@WE > STYVENTURES.COM writes: > >> could someone with a '83 down diesel vanagon send me a pic of their glow >> plug...
FW: Cold start problem-87 Diesel 1.6L
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:43:56 -0400
...Cold start problem-87 Diesel 1.6L Chibong- The diesel, as you may know, uses "glow plugs" to help the fuel ignite when the...
anti-theft for diesel vanagons?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 22 Nov 94 21:54:14 EST
...have considered putting a relay over the glow plug line which would > only allow the glow plugs to heat if the switch is thrown...
Red coolant light faintly glowing (should I panic?)
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Tue, 01 Jul 1997 09:24:15 -0400
Coolant light is faintly glowing--not flshing. The temperature needle reads normal, right in the middle--the coolant overflow and refill tanks are both...
Re: Reflective Tape NHTSA Study link
Historical mailing list - Matthew
Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:19:10 -0700
this tape is not like a mirro, but a matte surface that disperses the light so it looks like a warm glow instead of...
Re: slight glow from oil press. light
Historical mailing list - J. C.
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:06:07 -0800
...It would intermittently glow bright, then fade and go out. Looks to have been a frayed wire occasionally grounding out. THe manual says if...
Re: Ignorant glow plug question
Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:57:22 -0500
...I used to think that this lever actuated the glow >plugs, but now I don't see how it could. What does it do...
The turn signals are gone!!
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 21:04:13 +0200
...As I was installing the instrument cluster, and doing a systems check, I saw that the turn signal indicator LED was just glowing. I...
Another Q..this time injectors
Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
Fri, 7 Apr 2000 17:47:32 -0500
...the moment? Also, on the glow plug topic - how do I identify the quick glow from the slow glow plugs? and how do I...
Queer Diesel Glow Plug Behavior
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:46:25 -0700
...preheat with 3 block heaters the engine gets so warm the glow plugs do not come on and the engine is hard to start...
Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:03:38 -0500
...It is a few seconds after the glow plug > light goes out. I would be very surprised if the glow plugs operate when > the...
Re: Non Vanagon - Jetta Turbo Diesel Starting Problems
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:07:03 -0500
Sounds likely to me that you need to install a new set of glow plugs. I've found it easiest to remove the fuel...
Re: Area 51 trip
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:03:04 -0400
Dont glow, you may not return.
Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:46:23 -0700
...I've visibly traced the ribbon circuit > as best I can. > > Is this correct? Image of ribbon circuit to yellow diesel glow plug > light...
Re: O2 light glowing...
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 27 May 2005 13:32:27 -0500
...i have been > led to believe that the oxygen-sensor idiot light is somehow programmed > to glow after a given number of miles as...
Re: Darn! No Neon For Yer Van! (F)
Historical mailing list - sstones
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 13:34:02 -0500 (EST)
Those Glowing Bellied cars are illegal? I've always liked the look of them. (not that I'd ever do it to my own...
Dim glow on alternator/oxt lights
Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 18:47:42 -0500
...Now, I noticed the other day that I had a dim glow(Siegfried, not me) on the alternator/oxygen sensor lights. A little push...
Re: Starting Problems....looking like alternator
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:27:21 -0700
I have seen some diesel that wouldn�t start cold if the glow plug circuit couldn�t get enough current. Clean the battery terminal...
Re: Frydae - EMP Proofing A Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:50:55 -0700
...further pulling made a switch contact to energize the glow plugs. And oddly ...up until 1975 ..on a 220D ...there are 5 glow plugs...
Re: green generator dash light glowing
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:15:05 -0400
...after it's winter sleep and noticed a faint, not > bright, glow on the green gen dash light. Revving and driving didn't help...
Re: umm, Muffler was glowing red? What could be wrong.
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:05:24 -0800
I used to have an Alfa Romeo Guiletta Sprint Veloce - with dual Webers - Man! was it quick - with a similar glowing exhaust manifold. It...
Fridge led glowing on its own again.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:36:57 -0700
...I mentioned a couple of weeks again that my blue led on indicator panel was starting to glow when fridge not running. This started...
Glow plugs and tank troubles
Historical mailing list - Erik O
Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:42:01 -0800
Hey listies, A lot of talk on the list lately has been about glow plugs. I can't seem to find these on my...
Re: hard cold start on 82 diesel
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:28:13 -0400
Maybe just one or two of the glow plugs burned out! Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Rolf Pechukas <GREATCLOD@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
[Diesel]Fuel pump leak
Historical mailing list - Chibong Oh
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 03:53:52 -0400
...The fuel drop directly over no.1 injector, and I think it cause the glow plug's problem.Someone said it caused by wear...
H2 replace glow plug on diesel Eberspacher
Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:56:45 +0100
...My Eberspacher diesel heater has been diagnosed with a faulty glow plug. I've ordered the plug from VW and can pick it up...
WOW...Header pipes glowing red?
Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
Fri, 28 May 2004 20:34:34 EDT
...I know that the S&S exhaust tubing is thin, but should they be glowing red? They are red for about 8 inches from...
Re: Oil Pressure Light in 85 GL
Historical mailing list - Jermide
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 23:37:00 -0500
...My ignition "on" bulb test glow (for OP) is non-existent, though. I believe the OP light should glow with the alt. and O2...
Re: Headlights - internal parking light
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:02:30 EDT
...when you turn the parking lights on, your headlights glow with a soft glow.. i put blue bulbs in mine.. looks very pimpy.. LOL...
BN2 for sale
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:44:08 +0100
Hi I have a BN2 with new glowplug for sale. Works fine /JJ
Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:04:33 -0400
...A very dim glow is perfectly readable at night, In your opinion. Some of us prefer the brighter lights. A dim glow is NOT...
1981 single cab: turn signal ground-out
Historical mailing list - Ralph Manak
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:35:24 -0700
...when engaged the indicator glows brightly, and when the connection to the switch is unplugged, the indicator glows dimly. I know I'll probably...
vanagon diesel questions
Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
Thu, 02 Jan 1997 11:15:36 -0500
...Can i change the timer or glows to speed up??? Where can i get an oil cap and dipstick assembly for my diesel...can...
Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 1 Jan 2016 00:55:25 +0000
So, it's a headlight ground, not a turn signal ground? It makes sense if there is current in the circuit enough the glow...