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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Mar 2014
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OBDii scanner
On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:51:36 -0400, wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:27:13 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:
That is all great if the code it throws still allows you to start the
car.
In my case the code was for the number one glow plug. Doesn't affect starting, unless it gets a lot
colder!
The code just gets me in the ball park. It could be a bad glow plug, the wire to the plug, the glow
plug module, the wires to the module...only God knows where it may stop. I may have found a
trustworthy repairman, though. Not the dealer.
Since all of the glow plugs come on at the same time you could cut the
problem in half by swapping glow plug wires.
You could also check it with a meter and compare a good one to the bad
one.
I might just throw a new glow plug at it without doing any more
diagnosis. Worst case is you have a good, spare glow plug.
The code certainly gets you right down on the problem tho.
The meter check is the first step - after getting the damn wheel well cover off. That'll probably be
the hardest part of the job.
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