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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
You're halfway right ^. The heat element is used for start, and some afterglow when its cold. In most commonrail engines the glow plugs are also used to measure the efficiency of the combustion process while the engine is running via ion conductivity of the cylinder contents (ie magic). If you have a single wire going to the plug then its just a heater, but if there's a multi-pin connection its an ionic one.
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Ha. Thanks for the clarification.
So I’m halfway wrong too....
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