stevekarns
Veteran Member
I've been getting an intermittent P0380 CEL, but mostly when cold. I have the two wire glow plug harness and cleaned the contacts and the CEL wouldn't come on for a while, so I cleaned the contacts again and I was still getting the CEL intermittently. So I replaced the Glow Plug Harness and again I went a time with out the CEL, each time I think I've fixed it and hadn't. So I finally had a buddy around to run the multimeter for me and check for voltage at the harness, I was unable to get the desired 12Vdc at the harness. I looked at the Fuses on top of the battery and they all look and check good. I thought all that was left was the 180 relay, I ordered it and replaced it, still no joy. I'm getting the P0380 CEL about 3-5 minutes after start up. I've never had the toe kick panel off and while replacing the relay I see a few terminal studs, most noticeable to me was the 87F/Diesel terminal that is empty. I looked for a loose/floating terminal and didn't find anything, however on the most center terminal with a 30 on it there are two terminals bolted down, I'm asking if this is normal or if someone was monkeying around before I owned the car and if there should be power on the 87F/Diesel Terminal post? Also, which fuse on top of the battery should be suppling the power to the 180 relay? http://pics.tdiclub.com/showphoto.php?photo=108240&title=diesel-terminal&cat=500