86 Diesel Golf , glow plug light stays on .

It is very dim. But stays on. Any one know what that means , and how
to fix it? TIA

On Feb 9, 8:15 pm, cwhit... (AT) mchsi (DOT) com wrote:

It is very dim. But stays on. Any one know what that means , and how
to fix it? TIA

Found out what the problem was. need to drain water out of fuel.

On 2007-02-10, cwhiting (AT) mchsi (DOT) com <cwhiting (AT) mchsi (DOT) com> wrote:

It is very dim. But stays on. Any one know what that means , and how
to fix it? TIA

I haven't come across that problem on my '84 Rabbit. But I would
assume that it is an electical problem only. Make sure your grounds
are OK and that you don't have a short somewhere. Also, get your
hands on one of those electrical testers where the bulb lights up if
there is current. With the car good and cold, have somebody turn the
key to the first position. In those first few seconds, put the tester
on each glow plug and make sure you have current. Then, once the
glow plug light goes out but stays dimly lit, check for current again.
If you don't have current this time, then you know that the plugs are
turning off and that your problem is simply the glow plug light
staying lit.

-Bryan

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84 rabbit doesn't have a water separator tank under the floor with a light .
my 85 does the same thing when it needs drained.
"Bryan K. Walton" <bryankwalton (AT) REMOVEmachlink (DOT) com> wrote

On 2007-02-10, cwhiting (AT) mchsi (DOT) com <cwhiting (AT) mchsi (DOT) com> wrote:
It is very dim. But stays on. Any one know what that means , and how
to fix it? TIA


I haven't come across that problem on my '84 Rabbit. But I would
assume that it is an electical problem only. Make sure your grounds
are OK and that you don't have a short somewhere. Also, get your
hands on one of those electrical testers where the bulb lights up if
there is current. With the car good and cold, have somebody turn the
key to the first position. In those first few seconds, put the tester
on each glow plug and make sure you have current. Then, once the
glow plug light goes out but stays dimly lit, check for current again.
If you don't have current this time, then you know that the plugs are
turning off and that your problem is simply the glow plug light
staying lit.

-Bryan

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