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Old 04-10-2010, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by aeonflux View Post
thanks for all the posts. I am going to try and look at it all again this weekend. Seems to me I remember reading here that one could disconnect the relay completely and jump a wire directly from the battery to glow plug #1 and try and start the car. If it started, wouldn,t that mean the relay(or relay wiring harness) were the culprit?

Dave
Look at this picture. If your relay looks like this (and you confirm a bad relay) I have a couple new ones with warranty left.

The relay in this pic is actually for a 5 cylinder. The power output pins would actually be four but the pin patterns are the same.
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