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Originally Posted by JimSmith
The charging light being on suggests the voltage regulator assembly with the brushes is bad. Especially if it is barely one and goes off now and then, kind of as the engine speed picks up. Brushes wear out and then only intermittently make contact - adds resistance to the circuit and you don't have the juice needed to run the car off the alternator. Thus, the dash "charging" light comes on.
This is likely a separate problem from the one that has your glow plugs energized all the time.
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If the glow plug cycle has been significantly extended, it is possible that the alternator problem is a consequence of the GP problem.
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Originally Posted by JimSmith
I would think the fuse would melt under those conditions though.
Jim
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Why?