Smoke from Ignition switch
Jason Black
I had to get a kit to put the smoke back in the switch. Once it leaked
out, I had serious trouble starting the car...:')
Jason Black
vw...@earthlink.net
Volksboy
Driving home today after a short drive to the video store I could smell
a smell that was as if something was burning so I decided to stop and
have a quick check. As I went to turn the car off I saw smoke coming
from my internal ignition switch on the dash.
I checked the rest of the electrical system of the car and it all
appeared fine. I also checked the connections at the rear of the switch
but they were fine.
Any suggestions as to what happened because as soon as I had checked it
out it started up again fine and got me home.
thanks for any help in advance
volksboy(blake noble)
el...@xtra.co.nz
57 beetle
67 beetle
PS It happened to my 67 1300 beetle.
chris_irish
: Driving home today after a short drive to the video store I could smell
: a smell that was as if something was burning so I decided to stop and
: have a quick check. As I went to turn the car off I saw smoke coming
: from my internal ignition switch on the dash.
Just replace the switch. It's probably dirty and the contacts have
loosened up.
Chris
LaRose Racing
Blake,
Check all your wiring very carefully!! Usually, a burning smell
is the wire insulation "frying" off the wire, due to a short
somewhere, and the metal braided inner wire heating up.
Unfortunately, VW elected *not* to provide a circuit
breaker/fusable link with the hot wire that runs from the battery
to the ignition switch, (usually solid red color), and this wire,
if shorted, will self destruct.
Problem with having wire with burned insulation, is that it can
touch even more metal chassis/ground, and short out again,
possibly causing a fire (especially since it's not fused). Then
you really need to find why the wire burned. Did you recently
attach any electrical accesories to your car? Find the point
where the wire stopped burning, and at that point, you might find
a spot where it was rubbing metal, allowing the braid to touch
bare metal, causing the short.
Electrical malfunctions are a pain in the arse!! (g)
Michelle
LAROSE RACING
Silk - Young
I had a similar problem.
A fuse had blown, but had not broken completely!!! It was still contacting,
but providing a huge resistance. This overloaded and started burning wires
behind the dash. When one of the ignition switch wires started cooking, the
key got hot.
Replaced the fuse (after much searching) and some burned out wires and no
more problem!
Scott.
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