"Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: > > On one of my SDL's I noticed it blew the glow plug fuse. I replaced it, > turned key on, it blew again. I checked all the glow plugs and found > one that was physically broken. I replaced it, same thing, blew fuse > again. I checked all the plugs again and the resistance on all of them > was the same. None checked bad with that test. So for the time being I > installed a heavy wire in place of the fuse. This wire does heat up > while the glow plugs are running. So whats the deal? Could a glow plug > be shorted? How would I check that? I dont see any wires that look > bad. Am I correct in assuming the problem is between the relay and the > plugs, or the lines connecting the 2? Would a shorted plug show good on > a resistance test?
Could be a shorted plug (that will result in a resistace reading of below 0.5 ohms, but to most meters, that's not much different than 0.5 ohms), a shorted wire to the plug, or that you got some 30 or 50 A fuses rather than 80 A. Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology 1300 BST Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
