burn_your_money
Veteran Member
I need new stickers and can't get them with the CEL on. I have an intermittent P0380.
1999 Beetle ALH 5 speed
So far I've done the following:
Confirmed power at the harness (it's only 9v with the glowplugs hooked up)
Confirmed all plugs are 0.6 ohms cold
Soldered the 2 glow plug wires together
Cleared the code
Considered moving to an area with no e-testing
I was pretty sure soldering the 2 wires together would solve my issue but it didn't. I'm suspecting it's because I'm only getting 9v at the harness (that's with the glow plugs hooked up though). I did go in VCDS and increased my glowplug duration back at the beginning of winter, I think I'm going to try lowering that as much as possible to see if it helps.
What should I look at next? My sticker is already expired so I'm on borrowed time. Worst part is I have a trip to the USA coming up in 2 weeks and I'd rather not cross the border with expired stickers.
1999 Beetle ALH 5 speed
So far I've done the following:
Confirmed power at the harness (it's only 9v with the glowplugs hooked up)
Confirmed all plugs are 0.6 ohms cold
Soldered the 2 glow plug wires together
Cleared the code
Considered moving to an area with no e-testing
I was pretty sure soldering the 2 wires together would solve my issue but it didn't. I'm suspecting it's because I'm only getting 9v at the harness (that's with the glow plugs hooked up though). I did go in VCDS and increased my glowplug duration back at the beginning of winter, I think I'm going to try lowering that as much as possible to see if it helps.
What should I look at next? My sticker is already expired so I'm on borrowed time. Worst part is I have a trip to the USA coming up in 2 weeks and I'd rather not cross the border with expired stickers.