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VW Golf Mk4 01 flashing heater plug light

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  • 16-03-2015 7:40pm
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    boboboland
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭


    Hi All
    The heater plug light is flashing in my golf. It comes on after about a minute after starting the car and stays flashing till i turn it off. I scanned for fault codes found nothing. I Changed the heater plugs also and that made no difference. Anybody any ideas?
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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,587 ✭✭✭tossy


    Are your brake lights working ?


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    boboboland
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭boboboland


    tossy wrote: »
    Are your brake lights working ?

    yes checked all the lights they all seem ok


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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,587 ✭✭✭tossy


    boboboland wrote: »
    yes checked all the lights they all seem ok

    A flashing glow plug light normally means a dud break light switch ( all other things being ok ) maybe plug out the switch and clean the contacts.

    What did you scan the car with ?


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    boboboland
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭boboboland


    tossy wrote: »
    A flashing glow plug light normally means a dud break light switch ( all other things being ok ) maybe plug out the switch and clean the contacts.

    What did you scan the car with ?

    ok i'll try that tomorrow. thanks
    i scanned it with a yoke i got off ebay. used it loads a times does wat i need it ta do.


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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,587 ✭✭✭tossy


    boboboland wrote: »
    ok i'll try that tomorrow. thanks
    i scanned it with a yoke i got off ebay. used it loads a times does wat i need it ta do.

    Might be no harm getting it scanned with VCDS also just to make sure it's not missing something.


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    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    boboboland wrote: »
    i scanned it with a yoke i got off ebay. used it loads a times does wat i need it ta do.

    This may be pointing out the obvious but it's not doing what you need it to do in this case is it? :pac:

    If the glow plug light is flashing then there will be a fault code logged. If the eBay tool won't tell you the code then it needs to be scanned with something better.


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    boboboland
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭boboboland


    George Dalton wrote: »
    This may be pointing out the obvious but it's not doing what you need it to do in this case is it? :pac:

    If the glow plug light is flashing then there will be a fault code logged. If the eBay tool won't tell you the code then it needs to be scanned with something better.


    There was no fault code. There was water in the diesel filter. Changed that and the light stopped flashing.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Thanks for the update 2 years later :D
    Did you wait this long to fix it?


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    boboboland
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭boboboland


    biko wrote: »
    Thanks for the update 2 years later :D
    Did you wait this long to fix it?

    Only logged in today for the first time in 2 years.


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