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What does a blinking "Glow Plug" on a 99.5 Jetta TDI mean?
I have a 99.5 Jetta TDI, 73K. I just purchased in June and it looks
like the car was maintained well (a lot of records). Anyway, I just started seeing a blinking Glow Plug light while driving. It is continuously, and does not blink out a specific code. Does this mean a bad glow plug, or something else. The manual just says "Take it to a VW dealer ASAP (it did not say quit driving immediately or anything like that) but I would like to get an idea is this is user-servicable or if I should prepare to do the "ankle grab" of taking a car to a dealer. I do not like the thought of that because it will be $$$ and I'll probably be without the car for a while. I live in Tallahassee, FL and there isn't a good pool of any specialties in town, let alone a good diesel mechanic even at a dealer. I have heard horror stories. TIA, Mike |
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Here's your FREE advice. It means there is a fault in the TDI engine
management system. Most likely you got a glow plug system problem. But without knowing the fault code it can't be fixed here. Drive up to Pennsylvania and I will fix it! "Mike Smith" > wrote in message ... >I have a 99.5 Jetta TDI, 73K. I just purchased in June and it looks > like the car was maintained well (a lot of records). > > Anyway, I just started seeing a blinking Glow Plug light while > driving. It is continuously, and does not blink out a specific code. > Does this mean a bad glow plug, or something else. The manual just > says "Take it to a VW dealer ASAP (it did not say quit driving > immediately or anything like that) but I would like to get an idea is > this is user-servicable or if I should prepare to do the "ankle grab" > of taking a car to a dealer. I do not like the thought of that > because it will be $$$ and I'll probably be without the car for a > while. I live in Tallahassee, FL and there isn't a good pool of any > specialties in town, let alone a good diesel mechanic even at a > dealer. I have heard horror stories. > > TIA, > > Mike |
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Here's your FREE advice. It means there is a fault in the TDI engine
management system. Most likely you got a glow plug system problem. But without knowing the fault code it can't be fixed here. Drive up to Pennsylvania and I will fix it! "Mike Smith" > wrote in message ... >I have a 99.5 Jetta TDI, 73K. I just purchased in June and it looks > like the car was maintained well (a lot of records). > > Anyway, I just started seeing a blinking Glow Plug light while > driving. It is continuously, and does not blink out a specific code. > Does this mean a bad glow plug, or something else. The manual just > says "Take it to a VW dealer ASAP (it did not say quit driving > immediately or anything like that) but I would like to get an idea is > this is user-servicable or if I should prepare to do the "ankle grab" > of taking a car to a dealer. I do not like the thought of that > because it will be $$$ and I'll probably be without the car for a > while. I live in Tallahassee, FL and there isn't a good pool of any > specialties in town, let alone a good diesel mechanic even at a > dealer. I have heard horror stories. > > TIA, > > Mike |
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On my 91 Diesel it meant the water separator needed to be drained...but it never
has actually gone off on mine. I'm guessing it means something else on your high tech diesel! -- Tony Bad 02 Jetta Wagon 01 Eurovan MV 91 Jetta 1.6 Diesel 86 Jetta 79 Rabbit 1.5 Diesel (semi-retired for now) Schwinn Continental 10 Speed Radio Flyer Pedal Car (my daughter made me add this) "Mike Smith" > wrote in message ... > I have a 99.5 Jetta TDI, 73K. I just purchased in June and it looks > like the car was maintained well (a lot of records). > > Anyway, I just started seeing a blinking Glow Plug light while > driving. It is continuously, and does not blink out a specific code. > Does this mean a bad glow plug, or something else. The manual just > says "Take it to a VW dealer ASAP (it did not say quit driving > immediately or anything like that) but I would like to get an idea is > this is user-servicable or if I should prepare to do the "ankle grab" > of taking a car to a dealer. I do not like the thought of that > because it will be $$$ and I'll probably be without the car for a > while. I live in Tallahassee, FL and there isn't a good pool of any > specialties in town, let alone a good diesel mechanic even at a > dealer. I have heard horror stories. > > TIA, > > Mike |
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On my 91 Diesel it meant the water separator needed to be drained...but it never
has actually gone off on mine. I'm guessing it means something else on your high tech diesel! -- Tony Bad 02 Jetta Wagon 01 Eurovan MV 91 Jetta 1.6 Diesel 86 Jetta 79 Rabbit 1.5 Diesel (semi-retired for now) Schwinn Continental 10 Speed Radio Flyer Pedal Car (my daughter made me add this) "Mike Smith" > wrote in message ... > I have a 99.5 Jetta TDI, 73K. I just purchased in June and it looks > like the car was maintained well (a lot of records). > > Anyway, I just started seeing a blinking Glow Plug light while > driving. It is continuously, and does not blink out a specific code. > Does this mean a bad glow plug, or something else. The manual just > says "Take it to a VW dealer ASAP (it did not say quit driving > immediately or anything like that) but I would like to get an idea is > this is user-servicable or if I should prepare to do the "ankle grab" > of taking a car to a dealer. I do not like the thought of that > because it will be $$$ and I'll probably be without the car for a > while. I live in Tallahassee, FL and there isn't a good pool of any > specialties in town, let alone a good diesel mechanic even at a > dealer. I have heard horror stories. > > TIA, > > Mike |
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It can mean a few things... I had it go off (blinking) with a solid engine
light due to a rich mixture - the performance shop had to dial back my tuning box to clear the fault, hasn't happened since, but I don't get quite the same kick from it (it was running at max power - the car flew!... albeit with way more smoke then what I would deam acceptable) "Tony Bad" > wrote in message . net... > On my 91 Diesel it meant the water separator needed to be drained...but it > never > has actually gone off on mine. I'm guessing it means something else on > your high > tech diesel! > > -- > Tony Bad > > 02 Jetta Wagon > 01 Eurovan MV > 91 Jetta 1.6 Diesel > 86 Jetta > 79 Rabbit 1.5 Diesel (semi-retired for now) > Schwinn Continental 10 Speed > Radio Flyer Pedal Car (my daughter made me add this) > > "Mike Smith" > wrote in message > ... >> I have a 99.5 Jetta TDI, 73K. I just purchased in June and it looks >> like the car was maintained well (a lot of records). >> >> Anyway, I just started seeing a blinking Glow Plug light while >> driving. It is continuously, and does not blink out a specific code. >> Does this mean a bad glow plug, or something else. The manual just >> says "Take it to a VW dealer ASAP (it did not say quit driving >> immediately or anything like that) but I would like to get an idea is >> this is user-servicable or if I should prepare to do the "ankle grab" >> of taking a car to a dealer. I do not like the thought of that >> because it will be $$$ and I'll probably be without the car for a >> while. I live in Tallahassee, FL and there isn't a good pool of any >> specialties in town, let alone a good diesel mechanic even at a >> dealer. I have heard horror stories. >> >> TIA, >> >> Mike > > |
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It can mean a few things... I had it go off (blinking) with a solid engine
light due to a rich mixture - the performance shop had to dial back my tuning box to clear the fault, hasn't happened since, but I don't get quite the same kick from it (it was running at max power - the car flew!... albeit with way more smoke then what I would deam acceptable) "Tony Bad" > wrote in message . net... > On my 91 Diesel it meant the water separator needed to be drained...but it > never > has actually gone off on mine. I'm guessing it means something else on > your high > tech diesel! > > -- > Tony Bad > > 02 Jetta Wagon > 01 Eurovan MV > 91 Jetta 1.6 Diesel > 86 Jetta > 79 Rabbit 1.5 Diesel (semi-retired for now) > Schwinn Continental 10 Speed > Radio Flyer Pedal Car (my daughter made me add this) > > "Mike Smith" > wrote in message > ... >> I have a 99.5 Jetta TDI, 73K. I just purchased in June and it looks >> like the car was maintained well (a lot of records). >> >> Anyway, I just started seeing a blinking Glow Plug light while >> driving. It is continuously, and does not blink out a specific code. >> Does this mean a bad glow plug, or something else. The manual just >> says "Take it to a VW dealer ASAP (it did not say quit driving >> immediately or anything like that) but I would like to get an idea is >> this is user-servicable or if I should prepare to do the "ankle grab" >> of taking a car to a dealer. I do not like the thought of that >> because it will be $$$ and I'll probably be without the car for a >> while. I live in Tallahassee, FL and there isn't a good pool of any >> specialties in town, let alone a good diesel mechanic even at a >> dealer. I have heard horror stories. >> >> TIA, >> >> Mike > > |
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my '86 means water in the separator. fred's tdi says can be a brake
light or switch in the later models. |
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my '86 means water in the separator. fred's tdi says can be a brake
light or switch in the later models. |
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When it happened to me it was the "brake light switch" which did not work.
With VAG-COM you can get a code which gives the reason for the blinking glow plug light. |
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