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On 23 Nov 2005 at 11:00, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > OK, yup---got 2 clicks with a whirr inbetween. Okay, that means that at least most of your system is working. Now connect your voltmeter between ground and one of the wires on the fuel pump relay. You want the red wire that joins with a brown wire and disappears out thru a grommet in the firewall. Those go to the fuel pump. You want to watch that wire to make sure that you're getting full power to the pump (that whirr tells you that the main relay is working, the brain is working, most of the wiring harness is okay, and that the pump relay and pump are at least mostly working.) When you turn the key ON, you should hear the clicks and the whirr, and you should also see the meter register about 12V. Try this. If you only see 6V then you may just have a bad relay contact. You need to make sure there's enough time for the meter to stabilize, so you may need to run the starter for a few seconds to keep the relay energized. > Car won't start. Happened a few times intermittantly, both cold and > hot. When she did start, she ran great. Now she won't start at all. > (I'm pretty sure I've run my battery down at this point). The engine > turns over, but won't "catch" and run. That's it---no weird noises, no > smoke, no sputtering. I put in a new starter motor this spring, when > the same thing was happening. Also put in a new generator around the > same time---mine was really worn. If the relay and pump all seem fine, go to the engine and open the test port for the fuel pressure. If you can find someone with a gauge, put it on there and check to make sure that you're actually getting pressure. If you don't have a gauge, you can get a friend to watch while you turn the key ON once and see if gas sprays out. BE VERY CAREFUL if you try this. No smoking, sparks, or flames in the area. Don't do it in a garage, only outside. Let us know what you find. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~