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Quick-Glow System - Component Parts Basic Check (Cont'd) - Glow Relay / Glow Plug

EF & EC-715prose procedure
Continued from EF & EC-714

Component Parts Basic Check (Cont'd)

Glow Relay

  1. 1
    Check relay for coil continuity.
    Continuity should exist.
  2. 2
    Check relay for proper operation.

Glow Relay Operation

0V
ContinuityNo
Contact pointOFF
12V
ContinuityYes
Contact pointON

Glow Plug

  1. 1
    Disconnect glow control unit harness connector.
  2. 2
    Check continuity between ground and terminal 5 of glow control unit harness connector.
    Continuity should exist.
  3. 3
    Remove glow plug connecting plate.
  4. 4
    Check each glow plug for continuity.
    Continuity should exist: Approximately 0.65Ω
    If N.G., replace glow plug.
    Photo of glow plug installed in the engine with an ohmmeter (Ω, labelled 'Ohmmeter') connected between the glow plug terminal and ground, checking glow plug continuity.
    SEF630K
  5. 5
    Install glow plug connecting plate securely.
    Cross-section/exploded illustration of the glow plug assembly stack: glow nut, glow harness, connecting plate, washer, spring washer, and glow plug, shown bolted to a ground/engine surface.
    SEC565B
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