Date:         Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:43:54 -0400
Reply-To:     Joe Romas <jromas@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
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From:         Joe Romas <jromas@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: preheat light won't turn off -diesel vanagon-
Comments: To: "Grenon, Jerome" <jegrenon@MTQ.GOUV.QC.CA>
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Jerome

    Do you mean when it would normally glo that it stays on and how long?
How do you get it to go off, turning the key on and off? If the answer to
the first question is "they don't go off" Then I would say the glow plug
relay is bad. I've got no Diesel experience on a Vanagon but lotts on
rabbits, golfs and jetta's. My guess is that the current from 4 new glow
plugs caused the relay's points to stick closed. I had a golf once that had
a short in the wiring harness that would intermittently turn the light on.
It's also possible that there is a water trap in your bus with a sensor that
tells you when there is water in it. But they didn't appear untill about 85
or 86 in glofs/jetta's so I dought your 82 has on but maybe something to
check.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Grenon, Jerome" <jegrenon@MTQ.GOUV.QC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 2:57 PM
Subject: preheat light won't turn off -diesel vanagon-


hi everybody,

few weeks ago, i have changed 4 glows plug on my diesel west. Since this
time, the glow plug light stay on and won't turn off. This happen half of
the time. Is it because my battrey can't supply enough draw to turn off the
glow plug light? Is it a temperature sensor problem?

thanks

Jérôme Grenon
82 diesel westy
Montréal, Canada
email : dje1er@icqmail.com