starts when you let OFF the key!

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

Just fixed this myself. You've got a grounding
problem. Clean your grounds, or add another ground
strap from the neg battery terminal to the
engine/starter/head/whatever...

Neal
 
> >
> > OMG,
> >
> > That is (part) of the problem I had for a long
> time that I couldn't
> > diagnose. The final piece to the puzzle for me was
> to replace the starter.
> > My theroy was that my starter (which was 20 years
> old) got too weak to
> turn
> > over the big fat 2.0 and it's high-compression. It
> was really hard for the
> > starter to turn the motor over at all, and for a
> long time I just thought
> it
> > was a bad battery. Back to the theory...as the old
> starter strained to
> turn
> > over the motor, it would draw all the current from
> the battery and leave
> > nothing to make a good spark.
> >
> > I replaced my starter with one from a turbo deisel
> car and it spins the
> heck
> > out of the motor now. Never a starting problem
> since.
> >
> > So if you are still running your original starter,
> you may want to upgrade
> > it to at least the 2.0 16V starter.
> >
> > Good Luck -- Craig
> >
> > >From: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>
> > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Subject: the bloodletting conitnues.
> > >Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 19:34:16 -0400
> > >
> > >Well, here's the latest "theory" on the car's bad
> behavior, tell me what
> > >you
> > >think.
> > >
> > >A recap of the symptoms- Car is a 2L/ 1.8 head
> 16V Rocco. The car
> wouldn't
> > >start, then we realized it would start but only
> as you brought the key
> back
> > >from the start to the run position, and had it
> hooked up to booster
> cables
> > >as
> > >well. The ignition switch had been replaced to
> correct this problem, but
> no
> > >luck. It runs well once it does start, and right
> about now, I am having
> > >fantasies about how good it would look in the
> crusher. I am seriously
> > >wondering how many more parts it could possibly
> need. It's ranking just
> > >slightly above the PT for reliability right now.
> > >
> > >Diagnosis - needs a new distributor. Does this
> sound reasonable? And what
> > >is
> > >the going rate for one of these, new or used,
> because I'm not too
> thrilled
> > >with what I've heard from the dealer so far
> pricewise. And don't bother
> > >with
> > >the "evils of the dealer" stuff either, it's the
> only game in town. And I
> > >don't have the time to go junkyard scrounging at
> this time of the year.
> I'm
> > >in
> > >Southern Ontario if anyone has one to part with.
> > >
> > >I'd appreciate any feedback on this, is it a
> common failure? Should I
> even
> > >be
> > >considering a used one? (If not, the car will
> stay parked for some time,
> > >too
> > >much money for a new one, I'm still reeling from
> two sets of
> tires/wheels/
> > >quaife/tranny surgery/ timing belt on the bug,
> etc)
> > >
> > >So I wonder what next week's problem will be. I
> love driving this car,
> but
> > >this is getting really tiresome.
> > >
> > >I keep telling myself this has to be the end of
> it, but it never is. I'm
> > >just
> > >really down, not having the car for yet another
> weekend, this just really
> > >sucks. And I feel totally stupid and helpless to
> do anything myself to
> > >correct
> > >the situation. So the car sits waiting to be
> damaged or stolen at the
> > >dealership. I really don't know what I have done
> to deserve this.
> > >
> > >On the bright side, at least I don't have the flu
> this weekend. And the
> car
> > >doesn't have a turbo, that would blow up next if
> it did.
> > >
> > >Cathy, again, a happy TDI owner.
> > >
> > >
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