Yea need to do that. This car has also had the purple wire mod done to it so the glow plugs run for a couple of minutes after each start. I was never a fan of that for cars not originally designed for it. That could be part of the problem. I put it back to factory.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2017, at 1:41 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It sounds like high(er) resistance at the screw - corrosion in the threads? > Clean, DeOxit, reassemble and test? > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Hot screw doesn't sound normal to me, check to make sure the connection is >> clean and tight. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> So yesterday we were running around and I noticed the glow plug light was >>> all the sudden not coming on. When I came home I pulled it in the shop. >>> Looked at it today and the fuse was blow. Also the screw terminal on the >>> right side of the fuse looked slightly heat melted. I replaced the fuse >> and >>> it works fine but that screw will burn your finger if you touch it. My >>> first thought is one of the connectors on a glow plug has touched the >> head >>> not a visual check does not appear that is happening. I checked the >>> resistance at the harness and all plugs tested .8 ohms which appears >> normal >>> to me. Is this normal? >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
