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Forwarded to the list for general interest: On 29 Jan 2002, at 15:23, jadabrez wrote: > - Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > When you turn the key ON do you hear some relays > > click? Is this car still > > fuel injected? Yes, and yes. Okay, good. > > When you turn your key ON, do you see 2 red lights > > on under the fuel gauge? Yes. Good. > > What happens to these lights when you turn the > > headlights on? The headlights dont turn on unless > the engine has started. When I shut the engine off > (when it ran) the lights turned off automaticly. The headlights go on and off with the key. While normally this seems the same thing as the engine running, it really isn't the same. Try this and let me know what happens to the red dash lights when you pull the headlight switch all the way on. > > What happens to these lights when you turn the key > > to START? When the car started, the oil light went > out and the generator light would go out and come on > for a few seconds here and there and then go out > again. Now they just dim a little when i try to start > the car. It sounds like either you have a completely dead battery or a loose wire somewhere that is disconnecting your car from its power source. > > When you turn the key to START I gather that there > > is a rather loud clunk, > > but the starter doesn't turn. Is that right? There > is a loud clicking sound until i release the key. So it clicks over and over again: click-click-click-click...? If this clicking repeats at a steady rate (possibly slowing down) then I suspect a bad battery. If this is so, your charging system is probably not working, or this could not have happened while you were driving. Do you have a voltmeter, or know someone who does and knows how to use it? - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe