replacing glow plug relay
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:08 pm
Hi,
I need some help on my VW Beetle TDI 1998. The problem started when the coil light indicator on the panel started flashing instead of being steady. At certain point the light didn't turn on anymore and the car didn't start. I checked to resistance of each glow plug and they seem all correct (just a couple of ohms each). I also checked the voltage at the harness when the ignition was turned on and there was no voltage there. So I pressumed that the problem was with the glow plug relay. I went to a store near my home (allied auto parts) and got what it was labeled as a glow plug relay for the Beetle TDI 1998. However when I extracted the old relay I saw that the number of pins and their layout was different from the new one. I had the bad idea of removing the old one and now I can't inserted back (the old one). The position is extremely unconfortable and I don't have a picture with the right placement of all the relays. The ones I found by googling don't seem to be the same. So I have a couple of questions:
1. This is the layout of the original one: http://cds.activant.com/C2C/C01/36/094/558034674.jpg , and the new one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BECK-ARNLEY-203 ... 47&vxp=mtr ; can they be interchanged?
2. I need a picture of the relay panel to re-insert these relays.
Many thanks in advance.
Daniel
I need some help on my VW Beetle TDI 1998. The problem started when the coil light indicator on the panel started flashing instead of being steady. At certain point the light didn't turn on anymore and the car didn't start. I checked to resistance of each glow plug and they seem all correct (just a couple of ohms each). I also checked the voltage at the harness when the ignition was turned on and there was no voltage there. So I pressumed that the problem was with the glow plug relay. I went to a store near my home (allied auto parts) and got what it was labeled as a glow plug relay for the Beetle TDI 1998. However when I extracted the old relay I saw that the number of pins and their layout was different from the new one. I had the bad idea of removing the old one and now I can't inserted back (the old one). The position is extremely unconfortable and I don't have a picture with the right placement of all the relays. The ones I found by googling don't seem to be the same. So I have a couple of questions:
1. This is the layout of the original one: http://cds.activant.com/C2C/C01/36/094/558034674.jpg , and the new one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BECK-ARNLEY-203 ... 47&vxp=mtr ; can they be interchanged?
2. I need a picture of the relay panel to re-insert these relays.
Many thanks in advance.
Daniel