So...reading all through this and have a few questions.
2000 Jetta 5spd, 228k, original injectors
Just this winter I've been having long, hard starts. It's always started quickly with 1 glow no matter how cold. Now it's multiple glows, and "chugging" lots of smoke and riding the starter to get it to catch.
I put new glowplugs in 3 years ago as I got a check engine light about them.
Here's what I've done.
battery is excellent, 2yrs old plant of power DEKA
Glowplugs,BERU, 3 yrs old, all test at .6 ~ .9 ohms
Harness, testing shows like 16.88 then drops when you hear the relay click off, my multimeter is a Klein and auto-sensing. All 4 exhibit same behavior.
It's due for a timing belt basically within the next few thousand miles.
Once it stops chugging, could be 5 seconds, could be 10~15, it catches and idles normally but smokes for a minute. This was 25 degrees this morning.
I don't have a Ross Tech cable anymore. There are no check engine lights other than the ones I forced by unplugging the CTS and Glowplug cable to check. I need to reset those.
Could this be injectors? Timing drift?
EDIT:
Forgot to mention: Right after startup when it's running smooth, as I drive away, I get a clicking from the drivers side (relay sound) and the car slightly hesitates skips for that split second. It does this every 2ish seconds for about a minute or 2 or it gets warm.
Relay 109? Could that be causing weird issues on starting?
thanks
2000 Jetta 5spd, 228k, original injectors
Just this winter I've been having long, hard starts. It's always started quickly with 1 glow no matter how cold. Now it's multiple glows, and "chugging" lots of smoke and riding the starter to get it to catch.
I put new glowplugs in 3 years ago as I got a check engine light about them.
Here's what I've done.
battery is excellent, 2yrs old plant of power DEKA
Glowplugs,BERU, 3 yrs old, all test at .6 ~ .9 ohms
Harness, testing shows like 16.88 then drops when you hear the relay click off, my multimeter is a Klein and auto-sensing. All 4 exhibit same behavior.
It's due for a timing belt basically within the next few thousand miles.
Once it stops chugging, could be 5 seconds, could be 10~15, it catches and idles normally but smokes for a minute. This was 25 degrees this morning.
I don't have a Ross Tech cable anymore. There are no check engine lights other than the ones I forced by unplugging the CTS and Glowplug cable to check. I need to reset those.
Could this be injectors? Timing drift?
EDIT:
Forgot to mention: Right after startup when it's running smooth, as I drive away, I get a clicking from the drivers side (relay sound) and the car slightly hesitates skips for that split second. It does this every 2ish seconds for about a minute or 2 or it gets warm.
Relay 109? Could that be causing weird issues on starting?
thanks
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