Cold start enrichment-still no start.

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

the thermotime switch sensor is the one nearest the front of the car. It is 
brown with a brown plug. I think you should start with the lack of voltage 
at the CSV when cranking. follow that wire.



Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V 'Rocco ragtop
'91 GLi 2.0 16V
'77 Rabbit 16V
'80 'Vert (parting out!)
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>From: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>
>To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Cold start enrichment-still no start.
>Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:27:33 -0500
>
>Me again. I want to know what to do next (no, I'm not giving you the car)
>
>Problem: Car will not start cold
>What I've done:
>Checked cold start valve, no spray when key turned on (start position)
>Checked plug at cold start valve: No voltage when key turned on (start
>position)
>Quick check of plugs to thermotime switch, clean and not corroded.
>
>
>Now there should be continuity from the plug on the thermotime switch to 
>the
>plug on the cold start valve, shouldn't there? Because no matter how I hook 
>up
>the multimeter, I'm still getting infinite resistance between those two
>points. At least one of those wires should be continuous, shouldn't it?
>(pretty sure I'm reading the wiring diagram right, and it is the nearest 
>the
>firewall of those two sensors, right?)
>
>And what else should I be doing before I bite the bullet and replace that
>switch? (which the dealer flat out refused to sell to me a week ago "You 
>don't
>need that"). And maybe I don't.
>
>
>Also, while rummaging around on the DS (or PS for those in the UK) side of 
>the
>engine, there is a single electrical spade protruding from the side of the
>head (which you'd use about a 12 mm wrench to remove), just about straight
>down from the ISV , and near a fitting for coolant hoses to the engine. 
>Looks
>like a sensor. What is it, and does it need to be wired up to something?
>
>Thanks, and Merry Christmas a bit late.
>cathy
>
>
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