Re: TDI 130 Alternator problems

Glowplugs? Early March was *very* cold IIRC. I was at Center Parcs
(Lake District) and when I went to pick the car up from the carpark ~3rd
March, the temperature gauge was showing something like -8, and I'm
pretty sure it reads a few degrees high!

Still doing it, and it's 20 degrees today.

I hadn't thought about the glowplugs though - is it possible that they're
being left on after the engine starts, and this is draining current (hence
lowering the potential?) only switching off when the engine reaches 2000rpm?

Unlikely, but I have no idea how to explain what I'm seeing.




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