Post-recovery rapid battery drain

And another question. At what temperature do glow plugs become necessary?

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Originally Posted by mattyg

Just double check it. Take it out. And put the multimeter on ohms and put the leads on both sides of the fuse. You should get no resistance or a very low resistance of something like 0.01

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Set it to 200ohms and it gave a reading of 3.4-3.5

What does that mean?

quote possibley yes, but they also die of old age and moisture ingress.

the scripture is available from Daves interesting things...
Clicky

yes

in a TDI thats well maintained? somewhere around -15 deg C if you have winterised diesel or alpine diesel on board.

3.4-3.5 Ohms... its too high for a fuse. But if you're reading it with the meter out of cal or with volts going across it it may be wrong.

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Originally Posted by timbo

And another question. At what temperature do glow plugs become necessary?

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I can't answer the question in terms to what temp but I can tell you you do not need glow plugs in a TDI in Australia.

Most of my friends never even had their glow plugs connected in the uk and the uk was regularly in minus temperatures.

My mate even started his 300tdi in the French alps when it was -17 with not glow plugs in:)

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Originally Posted by dullbird

I can't answer the question in terms to what temp but I can tell you you do not need glow plugs in a TDI in Australia.

Most of my friends never even had their glow plugs connected in the uk and the uk was regularly in minus temperatures.

My mate even started his 300tdi in the French alps when it was -17 with not glow plugs in:)

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Sooo problem solved? Can it hurt to just leave the fuse out and not buy a new relay?

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

quote possibley yes, but they also die of old age and moisture ingress.

the scripture is available from Daves interesting things...
Clicky

yes

in a TDI thats well maintained? somewhere around -15 deg C if you have winterised diesel or alpine diesel on board.

3.4-3.5 Ohms... its too high for a fuse. But if you're reading it with the meter out of cal or with volts going across it it may be wrong.

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Well, I just put a new battery into the multimeter, and if it was the battery, wouldn't the ohms read lower than they should? How do you calibrate a multimeter? There were no volts going across it, as I placed it on a plastic surface, disconnected from everything.

I think I need to just fork out a bit more coin and buy a proper multimeter. This one is starting to give me the proverbial s**ts

swing out to the switch at some point and I'll chuck the MK I's at it for you.

I should be home tomorrow arvo and weekend.

Excuse my ignorance. MK I's?

eyeballs.

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

eyeballs.

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Where on earth did that saying originate? I'm surprised I've never heard it before.

I'd love to come round. I'm taking my nan to the MK I specialist on Friday before work though, so it'd have to be on the weekend sometime. When are you likely to be about?