RE: Relay panel shot?

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

12V to the coil should be safe...the Bentley and Haynes manuals both say to
disconnect the ICU connector, turn on the ignition, and see if you get 12V
across pins 2 and 4.  That's where I got 6.4V.  Since the ICU gets power
from the coil, that tells me I should have 12V at the coil as well.

Aaron
'82 Scirocco
'84 Scirocco
'70 Bug - Hibernating
'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dave Ewing
> > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 7:02 AM
> > To: Scirocco List
> > Subject: Re: Relay panel shot?
> >
> >
> > One thing you have to remember is that the earlier A1s had a
> > resistor wire
> > from the ignition to the coil.  This means that there would
> > be more voltage
> > at the ignition switch (power to switch) than there is at the
> > coil.  You
> > very well may have resistance (corrosion) in you fuse box, and,
> > unfortuneately, the only way to fix this is to find one
> > without corrosion
> > (new or used, new ones are expensive though).  Be careful
> > running full power
> > to the coil if it is an earlier A1 vehicle.  HTH!!!
> >
> > Dave
> > 77 Rabbit 2.0L 16v
> > 84 Scirocco
> >
> > > Need some advice from the electrical gurus.  I had a
> > no-spark condition
> > last
> > > weekend, and it turns out I only had about 6.4V at the
> coil/ignition
> > control
> > > unit.  Battery voltage was good, indicating a substantial
> > voltage drop
> > > somewhere before the coil.  I was at my local parts shop
> > when it happened,
> > > incidentally, and the guy there is well-versed on VWs.  On
> > his advice, I
> > > checked my ignition switch to verify that it was making
> > good contact, and
> > I
> > > still had low voltage.  We decided (with a little help from
> > Mr. Bentley)
> > to
> > > run a wire from my battery to coil terminal 15 and it runs
> > fine that way.
> > > He suggested my relay panel could be flaking out.
> > >
> > > Now my question.  Per Bentley, power to the coil comes from
> > terminal C15
> > on
> > > the back of the panel, meaning this terminal should have
> > switched power.
> > > Last night I checked resistance from C15 to terminal 15 on
> > the ignition
> > > switch.  I got about 3k ohms, and I expect that it should
> > have been close
> > to
> > > nothing.  Is this a valid test?  Is a relay panel
> > serviceable in any way?
> > > What other things might I look at before I replace the panel?
> > >
> > > TIA...
> > > Aaron
> > > '82 Scirocco
> > > '84 Scirocco
> > > '70 Bug - Hibernating
> > > '87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
> > >
> > >
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