T3: Re: PLEASE, NEED HELP ASAP, CAR DIED & HAVE TO GO TO WORK TOMORR

["northaven@worldnet.att.net" <northaven@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>]

I am very happy to announce that thanks to the wonderful Greg 
Merritt, with his excellent idea of pulling the injector wire test, 
that this led Paul (my husband) to notice the wire to a temperature 
sensor (the one under the engine on the left side) where the 
connection didn't quite look right...he pulled on the wire and voila, 
the car started right up.  We took the car back home, soldered the 
wire, and the car runs beautifully now....so thanks again to Greg, 
the VW Master! :)

Becky
'69 FI AT Fastback w/originial modified cold-start system


> At 2:20 PM +0000 3/8/98, northaven@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> >We determined that the pressure
> >switch is working as it was designed to (whether or not its design is
> >compatable with my car is another question).  We took it for a test
> 
>  Pressure switches (under the right side intake manifold) appear
> only on 1968 and 1969 cars; I doubt that they changed from 68 to 69,
> though I could be wrong.
> 
>  (All of 'em have pressure *sensors* to the left of the engine;
> early, mid ['70 & '71] and late; all have throttle position sensors,
> but '68 & '69 are the same--or at least should appear to be.)
> 
> >drive and almost didn't make it back.  It lost so much compression
> >trying to come back it was probably only running on 1 or 2
> >cylinders....we forced it back and are back at square one...help?
> 
>  Careful with language!  Lost power, yes; but can only tell if it
> lost compression if you do a proper compression test (shoving a
> compression tester gauge where the spark plugs should be).
> 
>  If you can get it to just idle, you can pull plug wires, removing
> one at a time & then reinstalling.  If you pull a wire, the engine
> should run worse.  If it does *not* run worse, then there is a
> problem associated with that cylinder
> (plug/wire/injector/valves/etc.).
> 
>  Note that with the injected car, you can pull injector wires in
> turn instead of pulling the high-voltage ignition wires.  Less
> chance of shock.
> 
>  By the way--poorly connected/connecting injection system electrical
> connectors can cause the car to run *miserably*.  The ones I've had
> the most problems with are the individual injector connectors and
> the one on the trigger points in the distributor.
> 
> -Greg
> '69 & '71 Squarebacks
> '63 Beetle
> 
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