What is this part?

[Mass1b]

This may be a silly question, when I was looking at my tandem pump and inspecting for diesel leak, I noticed this.

It seems like the plastic peice has borken off.. Anything to be concerned about?

Thanks.

http://imgur.com/VWzgysg

 

[P2B]

Those are the 3 coolant glow plugs, intended to help get cabin heat faster in cold weather.

They are not monitored by the ECU, and probably burned out years ago. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Mass1b]

Those are the 3 coolant glow plugs, intended to help get cabin heat faster in cold weather.

They are not monitored by the ECU, and probably burned out years ago. Nothing to worry about.

Thanks for the quick reply, they will remain unloved!

 

[Zak99b5]

I replaced my likely original coolant glow plugs not too long ago. Old ones came right out, surprisingly. And this winter I did notice that the car came up to temp a fair bit more quickly than it did last winter. And this year I skipped the radiator block-off.

 

[Smokin' Dually]

The only concern would be that there is an exposed "hot" wire connection when it's cold out. You could heat shrink a couple of layers on it if you wanted to protect it.