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• Another Q..this time injectors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 17:47:32 -0500
  ...moment? Also, on the glow plug topic - how do I identify the quick glow from the slow glow plugs? and how do I tell...
• Re: diesel glow plug differences
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 18:05:57 +0200
  ...Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs > > > >Steve Delasalle wrote: > > > > > Where's the best place to buy new ones, are they an...
• Re: Random Compatibility Questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:17:33 -0800
  ...wires moved around before plugging in the later cluster. At that time you can simply hook the 82 glow indicator wire to the O2...
• Glow Plug & Batman Split
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:35:39 +0000
  An ex-Busser Friend came across some NOS in his shop including a VW glow plug for a gas heater. If you need one...
• Re: diesel pump questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:03:14 -0800
  ...It finally sputters to life a cylinder at a time after at least a dozen glow plug cycles. Once started it seems to run...
• Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:18:37 -0800
  ...I turned the key on and checked the connection at the glow plugs for power and got nothing. Followed the red lead back to...
• Re: Mechanics Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:30:50 -0800
  > glow plug relay (can't remember correct part name) stuck "on"? Yup, you got it!!! ;) The wafer broke inside, and shorted. J
• Re: diesel warm start ??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 16:13:00 -0500
  ...The glow plugs do come on when the engine is warm, the light does not come on. Try waiting a few extra seconds, just...
• Re: Glow Plug Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  18 Jul 1995 10:05:07 -0700
  RE>>Glow Plug Warning Light-Glo 7/17/95 For Jeorg and any of you other diesel people out there who might be ilnterested...
• for diesels: some bosch information
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 14:39:08 CDT
  ...Bosch Number Volkswagen Number Nozzle Holder Assembly NA 12 X 068 130 201E Nozzle 0 434 250 103 068 130 211B Glow Plug 0...
• Re: 1.9TD starting and vibration/resonance
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:29:03 -0700
  ...Someone mentioned removing the wire from the temperature sensor so the glow plugs light everytime. Will this shorten the life of the glow plugs...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel Aux Heater Questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:55:28 EDT
  ...The ECU delays operation of the system until the glow plug is heated up, unlike the instant operation with the gas model. If the...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:19:14 -0700
  ...photos/EoQwMLEtX9peZzVa7 > > are the positive and negative connections to the diesel glow plug > light I show, correct? -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http...
• Re: Broken down, need some advise
  Historical mailing list - joe kallo
  Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:47:18 +0000
  ...I popped out my Bentley and learned that the glow plug and ignition circuits are one and the same. So you jump the battery...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] which wire goes to which coolant sensor? + parting out a bus
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:59:42 -0400
  ...temp gauge in the dash and the other goes > to the glow plug relay, but which one is which? I don't know if...
• 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: Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:55:17 -0600
  ...The injector flame front is directed right onto the glow plugs in the pre-chamber. I have been searching the net for glow plug...
• Re: hard cold start on 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:58:52 -0400
  Blown Glow plug Fuse. Check Eng. Compartment firewall. Little black box with a pair of FAT red wires running to it, on wire leads...
• Re: anti-theft for diesel vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 22 Nov 94 11:02:43 PST
  ...have considered putting a relay over the glow plug line which would > only allow the glow plugs to heat if the switch is thrown...
• Re: JB Weld exhaust studs?...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 21 May 2002 19:35:40 -0700
  The difference being the glow plug sees really high temps about never and the exhaust stud sees really high temps about always. I have...
• diesel vanagon owners - i need your help
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Mar 2017 21:22:16 -0500
  could someone with a '83 down diesel vanagon send me a pic of their glow plug knob on the dash and its location? thanks...
• Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:39:06 +0200
  ...early 80's? What's a reasonable > price? Yes, all VW diesels from 80 to 90 uses the same plugs. PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 22:42:18 -0400
  ...Glow plugs are great for heating a combustion chamber but that's about it. Later TDIs didn't have these, guess they figured out...
• Re: Cold start problem-87 Diesel 1.6L
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:14:39 EDT
  You could need new glow plugs. I would remove these and test them on a battery to see if they are good. Also how...
• Re: Odd engine smell?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:50:50 -0500
  ...A rich running engine will cause the converter to glow. A quick check would be to pull all the spark plugs and inspect them...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:27:51 -0400
  ...photos/EoQwMLEtX9peZzVa7 > > > > are the positive and negative connections to the diesel glow plug > > light I show, correct? > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http...
• Re: Queer Diesel Glow Plug Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:04:52 EST
  In a message dated 11/28/01 10:46:57 AM, Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << Is there a way to adjust the "turn off...
• Re: Diesel engine help needed (little or NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:47:02 -0400
  ...Check for power to the glow plug bus bar on the head. Turn on the ignition and check for 12v at any of the...
• Re - Electrical Leak proble
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  20 Jun 1995 14:41:20 -0700
  ...In the mean time, I have added an indicator light at the dashboard that is hot wire to the glow plug bus, and other...
• Re: anti-theft for diesel vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 94 13:44:48 PST
  ...This will have many fewer amps running through it than the glow plug line. This also has the added benefit of camouflaging the Vanagon...
• Fwd: Re: [VW-TDI] MIL light?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 01:26:22 -0000
  ...This pin runs down to Kxx which is labeled as the glow plug light. Looking at the instrument cluster pin out (in the instrument...
• Re: Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:12 -0800
  No of course not its for the firing of the glow plugs. Silly. Mike On 1/10/05 2:35 PM, "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan...
• Re: Broken down, need some advise
  Historical mailing list - pcking
  Sun, 13 Nov 2016 11:12:29 -0500
  ...the one feeding the plugs. > So Starter B+ to one of the fuse´s ends will power the glow plugs > > Regards > Raimund > > > > Am 13...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Joerg Rieger
  7/17/95 2:47 PM
  Harvey, I am really interested in your glow plug warning device. Currently I am driving an 82 diesel Westy. Could you please let me...
• [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...
• 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: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 14:36:12 -0700 (MST)
  ...Johnson, "Gone South." If your vanagon is like mine, it is located right under the 50 amp fuse for your glow plugs. Stuart Hutton
• Re: Drove My Vanagon Today-All Is Not Well
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:21:29 -0500
  Jeff, Symptoms of a plugged cat are restricted power, and glowing cherry red. Your experience sure seems consistent with this. Mike Jeff Stewart wrote...
• Re: diesel compression testers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:26:31 -0800
  I have both kinds of adapters but the glow plug one is not practical for the plugs blocked by the injection pump. I only...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:49:41 -0400
  Ok, I'm lost. What is it you're trying to do and/or find out? :) d On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 9...
• Re: Need assistance
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:17:12 -0700
  ...runs, but almost no power and if run for more than a few >| minutes at 2000+ rpm the cat actually begins to glow!! Before...
• Re: Blink'n Ignition Light (cont'd)
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Thu, 7 May 1998 10:19:58 -0700
  ...They require a waiting period for the glow plugs to warm. > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler...
• Subject: Diesel Additives
  Historical mailing list - geofflaw
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:21:42 -0800
  Hi Jay, Have you checked your glowplugs to make sure they're not burned out? Mine gradually got harder to start, as one by...
• Glow plug relay
  Historical mailing list - Harry Patrick
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:37:46 -0400
  Does anyone have a photo of relay, fuse box etc installed in a Vanagon? I am repairing electrical fire damage which resulted in meltdown...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Timing Advice
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:57:05 -0500
  ...Timing your loosen/tighten to the glow plug cycle is necessary. This is all of course after you've checked that there's current...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:06:04 EDT
  ...plugs in aluminum heads? Heat should only be used with extreme caution when trying to remove any bolt from aluminum, it doesn't glow...
• Re: 84 Dometic fridge
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:07:08 -0700
  ...The green LED glows when it's on 12 volt and > propane but does not glow when switched to ac/dc....... > Thanks for your...
• Re: everything 12 volt site
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:47:21 -0800
  I used that site when I was designing my MB glowplug relay hack, which allows the plugs to glow for an extra duration after...
• Re: Vanagon gas heaters
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 21:39:13 -0400
  ...Is this feasible? Should I just part it out to a Diesel owner? >> just change the glow plug to a spark plug. chris
• Re: Fwd: 83 diesel into 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:44:30 -0500
  ...engine mated to diesel vanagon > bellhousing, and/or Rabbitt tranny & starter, 12V, fuel > supply - any other connections or steps needed? Energize the glow plugs...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:19:31 -0700
  ...Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please? Indeed yes! Maybe I'm not seeing where else I could test continuity at but..... Some time ago...
• 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...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:51:52 -0700
  ...At that time I'd ruled out using the diesel glow plug light for my check engine light on my Jetta motor swap so...
• Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 20:19:14 -0800
  ...works about as well >and won't destroy the glow plugs. >Don >
• Starter-solenoid-relay problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:25:23 -0400
  ...Or is the problem in the black relay box on the firewall that also works the glow plugs? And while I'm on that...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:37:30 -0700
  ...Hindsight but I really wish I'd connected that glow plug wire for future use. On 8/21/17, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com...
• Re: LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Nov 1994 17:49:23 -0800 (PST)
  ...Mind you they are both from diesels, (amber glow plug LED), so who knows... Do you think this thread is inane enough for Friday...
• gas heaater parts
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Sun, 22 Dec 1996 10:31:55 -0600
  I have a friend who is looking for a Ignition coil supressor, and a glow plug supressor for a gas heater for an 80...
• Re: 90 Carat 50 amp fuse for A/C: Substitution Possiblities
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 05:47:26 -0800
  ...This is a standard type used mostly for diesel glow plug circuits. Most world diesel auto applications use them. Many FLAPS (NAPA fer sur...
• Re: Glow Plug Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 11:37:19 -0600 (MDT)
  Harvey, there is what looks like an empty connection at the rear of my vanagon in the engine compartment. I have also found an...