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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 11:32 AM
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what am i doing wrong.gloplug

i tried ohming my glo plugs. and im getting 0.0 just like you would on a good fuse. i saw where i should be at .6 -2.6. what am i doing wrong or do they sound good. thanks
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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you might double check readings with another meter, unless your pretty confident with the one your using.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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I don't know how you are testingthem but one lead to the glowplug terminal and the other to a good ground away from the glowplug. If your leads are long enough you should not need to move the ground for all glowplugs on one bank (maybe both banks).

Try again and don't try to ground at the glowplug which I would guess is what you are trying to do.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 11:46 AM
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Can't tell you what you are doing wrong unless I was watching ...BUT...here is a complete "how-to" on testing the system.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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i was grounding to the battery. and checking the farthest 2 pins on each connector. i did use 2 different meters.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 01:12 PM
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Use the common pin for the ground.
The pins are as follows with G = glow plugs, I = injectors and C = common.
G G I I C I I G G
 
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 02:12 PM
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The common pin is not a ground. You can get a 0.0 reading if you are using the wrong scale on the meter. For example my meter has a 2m, 200k, 20k, 2k, and 200 ohm settings. You would want to use the 200 ohm setting for glowplugs.
 
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