Baffling starter?
Mel P.
autostick one.
After installing and connecting everything, it would not turn over. I
removed it and did a quick bench trial. It seemed OK.
Reinstalled it, same thing, not even a click. So I jumped the connections
with a screwdriver and it started!
What is more puzzling is the I had my flowmeter out of the car and yet it
ran. I started it a few times w/o the flowmeter in place.
Can anyone explain what happened with the starter and how my Bug ran w/o the
flowmeter?
Anyone who has the FI Bug knows that a small vac hose leak will stall the
car...
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Mel
Speedy Jim
Use your tester to see if there is 12V on the Red/Blk wire on the
solenoid when the key is turned to Start. If not, then something
has come loose (under back seat) or else the Ignition switch may
be faulty.
There could be enough residual pressure in the fuel ring for it to start.
Jim
dave AKA vwdoc1
rear seat near the battery. The ign switch can sometimes be faulty and not
let enough current flowing through it to energize the starter.
Test to see if the starter will activate from that wire under the rear seat
to help you determine which direction the problem might lie at.
Hopefully there is no alarm nor starter cut-off switch on your Bug.
AND if this Bug was originally an Auto-Stick then there is a wiring plug
that should have been jumped by the front of the transmission.
So your engine runs with the Air Flow Box completely removed from the
engine? IT RUNS? REALLY?
It might start but it should not run since I think that the fuel pump relay
gets a signal from the Air Flow Box to send power to the fuel pump when the
engine is running.
The Cold Start Valve might allow the engine to start, but not run.
AND if you have enough fuel to go along with a vacuum leak then the engine
will continue to run. Usually at a faster idle too! ;-)
Of course I have not owned a FI-ed Beetle for over a couple of decades, so I
forget a lot!
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later,
(One out of many daves)
"Speedy Jim" <volks...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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A VFW
"Mel P." <mpern...@verizon.net> wrote:
do you have a "Easy Start" kit installed.
I always add a Ford style secondary solenoid to make that connection
from the battery to the starter solenoid. Ghia's have the battery right
there in the engine compartment.
Joey Tribiani
"A VFW" <georg...@toast.net> wrote in message
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> do you have a "Easy Start" kit installed.
> I always add a Ford style secondary solenoid to make that connection
> from the battery to the starter solenoid. Ghia's have the battery right
> there in the engine compartment.
I'd hope he doesn't have that.
dave AKA vwdoc1
At least for some of the VWs. ;-)
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"dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1...@pleasehotmail.com> wrote in message
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> That auxiliary relay/solenoid fix has been recommended by BOSCH!
> At least for some of the VWs. ;-)
>
by BOSCH.... I see.... VW didn't deem it necessary, but they aren't trying
to sell you a relay either...
Jan Andersson
They should have put one in there from the factory. The stock setup is
clearly not up to the task, seeing as how it fails every 40 years or so.
:)
Joey Tribiani
"Jan Andersson" <bug...@spamtrap.rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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> They should have put one in there from the factory. The stock setup is
> clearly not up to the task, seeing as how it fails every 40 years or so.
>
> :)
<snicker>
dave AKA vwdoc1
But even you must admit that things made today just don't last as long as
some things made in the past! 8^)
Well except maybe metal that has been treated by today's standards to guard
against rust. <g>
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"dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1...@pleasehotmail.com> wrote:
> There could be enough residual pressure in the fuel ring for it to start.
> >
> > Jim
Speedy Jim is God.
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