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• hard cold start on 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Pechukas
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:45:50 EDT
  ...this just started a couple days ago it's like the glow-plug circuit isn't working how could that happen? what else could...
• Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 19:23:05 -0600
  ...Once the compression gets borderline, they start pretty hard even if the glow plugs work. You notice it first toward the end of fall...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:17:11 -0700
  ...In this image, https://goo.gl/photos/EoQwMLEtX9peZzVa7 are the positive and negative connections to the diesel glow plug light I show, correct? I...
• Re: Mechanics Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:30:15 -0800
  ...as if the glow > plugs are "on" draining battery...... Getting very very close. ;) j
• starter problems-diesel
  Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:00:38 -0800
  ...About 6 starts later, the glow plug relay failed in the ON mode and I had to quickly open the back deck, pull the...
• Re: Starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Sun, 4 Dec 1994 14:39:55 -0700 (MST)
  ...I jump into the camper, wait for the glow plugs to finish heating, turn the key, hear nothing! The battery is not dead. It...
• Looking for Bosch parts supplier
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 22:17:29 -0800
  ...Does anyone have a good supplier for Bosch parts on the 'net? I especially need some new glow plugs for my Vanagon and '81...
• 82 vandiesel hard cold start 2
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Pechukas
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:24:32 EDT
  GMBulley was right glow plug fuse WHY do they use that cheesy little piece of resistance metal is that better than an ATC? it...
• Re: 'green glow'
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:36:31 -0700
  ...There are a thin black wire and a thick black wire on that plug in connector, check that thick black wire and its connector...
• Stuck heat shields - summary of potential solutions
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 21:38:08 -0500
  ...Not only that, but there's no overhang into the middle of the hole above the glow plug. The heat shields are w/i...
• FS 82 Westy diesel
  Historical mailing list - Joerg Rieger
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:11:02 -0600 (CST)
  ...Remanufactured cylinder head, new injectors, new glow plugs in January 95 (at 96k miles). All new belts. New starter (Fall 95) Invested about $3000...
• Re: Diesel Westy Glow Plug LED
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:12:37 +0000
  ...The relay > goes into full glow when resistance is high, disconnected is very high > resistance and full glow should be in the area of...
• Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:27:55 EST
  ...needs a new engine >> No, that's when it needs new glow plugs. Steve Lashley SKL Enterprises Inc. http://EuroCampers.com 636-797-9015...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:01:46 -0400
  ...spark plug wires and ground (might see sparks outright, or glow around wires, at night), or, even if not root cause, fouled plugs. O2...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Replacing wiring into glow plug relay?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:38:40 -0400
  Tobin asks, "How the heck do I pull the connecting wires out of the block the relay plugs in to without destroying the wires...
• Re: replacing fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:02:35 -0600
  ...My westy's boob broke off a glow plug then book off an ez out in the glow plug, what fun!! Velma 82 na...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:42:44 EST
  ...Some of the later DA-6 heaters don't have a spark plug, just a glow. This won't work on gas. The heater...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:42:44 EST
  ...Some of the later DA-6 heaters don't have a spark plug, just a glow. This won't work on gas. The heater...
• Re: Queer Diesel Glow Plug/Lift Pump Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:55:15 -0700
  ...I'm not sure if mine is a glow plug > problem, however. It could also be the lift pump > taking a while to prime...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:31:15 -0400
  There's a big 1982 right on the flex circuit in your second original image. Just looked at a 1984 one and it has...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:50:47 -0400
  Not so arcane, the LED and resistor and flex circuit wiring are the same as for the OXS light in gasoline-powered ones. Glad...
• Re: Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  13 Sep 1995 10:04:33 -0700
  ...This causes the glow plugs to remain on, independent of "ignition" key position. The glow plugs collectively draw about 50 amps. If left on...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:59:44 -1000
  ...TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > >> I have one of these flanges with 3 glow plugs in it .. >> and 'one of these days' I'll bolt it...
• Diesel Wiring Problem!
  Historical mailing list - Gord Plouffe
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:01:00 MST
  ...Noticed Damage: -Glow plug temp sensor (replaced) -E-brake light on all the time (Figure a partially exposed wire) -Oil light on all the...
• Non Vanagon - Jetta Turbo Diesel Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Ron Schlamp
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:16:09 -0600
  ...I have to plug it in even at this temperature. If I do it will start. My glow plug indicator light seems to indicate...
• Re: 82 vandiesel hard cold start 2
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:48:12 -0400
  ...Funny, I thought that fuse powered everything, not just the glow plugs. Whatever. I replaced mine with an ATC 50A from a Trak Auto...
• Little problem with trickle charger
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:35:26 -0600
  ...interior 110 receptacle, the LED light on the charger glowed when the setup was plugged into the cig lighter socket. That means that the...
• Re: Touchy Topics
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:03:03 -0500
  ...You must convert it to diesel and ensure you get the right glow plugs, then we can have a serious conversation at the next...
• Re: Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:57:17 -0800
  hey all .....You know those fuses that are a strip of metal on a diesel vanagon or Rabbit, for the glow plug circuit ... attached...
• re: '82 Diesel Smoke
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 19:34:16 +0000
  ...If it's really rough, you've probably got a dead glow plug or two. I just did mine yesterday - had one dead plug...
• Re: need cold weather tips for diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:07:56 EST
  ...Good set of glow plugs 2. Good 10w-40 oil 3. Be sure the wire to the glow plugs is a large diameter one...
• Re: Later Model Tach cluster into a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:21:19 -0500
  ...As for the glow plug LED, I just plugged in one more (yellow, from an old Rabbit dsl. cluster) and a resistor (from same...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Oct 1998
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:58:38 +0200
  ...The fuse for the glow plugs was broken because of the cold night, and I didn't recognized that. Anyway, I started the engine...
• Re: Mechanics Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:36:00 -0800
  ...Jon? Listers? On 3/9/07, jon <jon@kenneke.com> wrote: > > > glow plug relay (can't remember correct part name) stuck "on"? > > Yup, you...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 09:30:48 CST
  ...Water-cooled engine, code CS (1982-1983 Diesel models) **Glow Plugs** Bentley Book FLAPS AC 31G Autolite 1104 Bosch 0250-201-021 0250-201...
• Re: Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:52:01 -0600
  ...Rotor Replacement No of course not its for the firing of the glow plugs. Silly. Mike On 1/10/05 2:35 PM, "Kim...
• Re: Diesel - too much oil saga
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:07:21 -0700
  ...I doubt glow plugs can foul very easily from oil.. they don't need to arc or anything like that like a spark plug...
• Title Check (Carfax) Question
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 14:01:20 -0700
  ...I'm going to go check out the rest of the glow plug system early this week and maybe do a compression check to...
• Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 22:26:19 +1200
  ...that's when it needs new glow plugs. Actually a really badly-worn diesel with good glows WILL become difficult to start from cold...
• Re: plug heat ranges?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:48:12 -0500
  ...plug will tend to carbon up and cause misfires (a fouled plug), if the plug is to hot the tip will start to glow...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:26:55 -0500
  ...1 cold start problem is crapped up injectors (assuming your glow plugs are working). Having the correct oil viscosity helps it to crank faster...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:35:33 -0500
  On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, mark drillock wrote: > I have a dash light wired to my glow plug bus bar on my 82 Westy...
• 82' Diesel 4sale
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:27:17 -0700
  ...owner, tune up done the degining of this year, including new glow plugs only using Bosch parts, it runs like a top. $3,600...
• Diesel westy 4sale
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:04:18 -0700
  ...140,000 miles on it, clean runs like a top(New Bosch Glow Plugs, Air and Fuel filters). Brown, and has the tan velour...
• Re: 91 fridge not lighting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:13:06 -0400
  If the LED glows dimly and then goes out, you may have 1) weak battery (not enough voltage and it can't spark 2...
• Re: TDI or TDD? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Berkemer
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 06:45:22 -0600
  ...I presume you wire up a glow plug light > for the dash too, right? > > kevin
• Re: BA 6 AUX FAN
  Historical mailing list - David Carment
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 08:40:43 -0500
  ...What would be the differences? The spark plug is a glow plug so would that need to be changed?. A high compresssion chamber? Different...
• Re: cold start problem
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 May 2000 12:54:46 EDT
  Glow plugs, relay should keep them on for around 8-10 seconds (maybe longer it is OK). Also check your small, rubber return hoses...
• which wire goes to which coolant sensor? + parting out a bus
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:57:09 -0700
  ...The > one on the end of the head will have two coolant > temp senders, one for the > gauge, one for the glow plug relay...
• Re: need cold weather tips for diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:23:52 -0600
  ...Good set of glow plugs 2. Good 10w-40 oil 3. Be sure the wire to the glow plugs is a large diameter one...
• Re: 82 Diesel Glow Plug Problem?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:21:16 EDT
  ...Also check those two little rubber plugs on the first and last injector as they go bad and crack sometimes too. I would almost...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:40:52 -0700
  ...AN hoses, and paint the intake runners and >plenum. >> >> Colorful spark-plug wires are easy, too. >> >> >> >> OH NO!!!! the cheezy JC whipme custom look...
• 82 Diesel Van
  Historical mailing list - GREEN-DANIEL ALLAN
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:23:25 -0400
  ...going and the battery was draining, so I found two shot glow plugs and replaced them. After another episode of hard starting off another...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:13:08 -0500
  ...the START position, the glow plugs are energized. By keeping the starter engaged you're actually lengthening the glow cycle. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82...
• Re: converting gasoline heater (BA-6) to Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:45:42 -0800
  I don't recomend this as the Diesel has two fuel pumps and a solenoid damper and different glow /spark plug than the gas...
• Help troubleshooting minor diesel running issues
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:48:35 -0500
  ...None of these problem existed with the previous engine which would start up at the touch of the key once the glow plug light...
• Re: Differences between 82 and 83 turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:16:19 -0400
  ...First, panel plug differences I can see ('83 first, then '82): Turn light -- same, pin 14 ALT light -- same, pin 13 Glow plug light...
• Later Model Tach cluster into a Diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:03:42 EST
  ...getting the tach to work and also how they setup a glow plug light. I have read that you use the "W" terminal from...
• diesel engine not start when cold but great once warm
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 00:39:10 -0700
  ...I turn the key on to warm glow plugs no less than 6 times ... Pull handle on dash (which reminds me of a decompression...
• Re: diesel engine not start when cold but great once warm
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:19:17 -0400
  ...I turn the key on to warm glow plugs no less than 6 times ... Pull handle on dash (which reminds me of a decompression...