Start Q's

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

I'll try that tomorrow. Its just weird that its seems only to do it when 
warm...



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: Don Walter <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Don Walter <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>
>To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Start Q's
>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:02:55 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
>
>If you think it is a grounding problem try taking jumper cables and run a 
>direct ground from the neg of the battery to the front of the car.  Try to 
>calm it to the engine or to the original ground cable attached to the under 
>the fender.  That should help you to isolate if it is a grounding problem 
>or something else.  Also Ron Peiper attached his ground to the seat belt 
>bolt not the bumper bolts, you could try that location instead.
>
>HTH
>Don
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 15, 2004 9:54 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Start Q's
>
>I moved the battery to the trunk and now I have start probs. When the motor
>is cool, it will crank and start. But...
>
>When warm, the batt voltage (on the dash meter) drops to 0 and doesn't even
>click the starter.
>Shorting the battery term to the starter relay on the starter doesn't start
>the car either.
>(Thank god I was on a hill)
>
>Bad ground? I have welders wire from the neg term to the bumper bolt in the
>trunk. I did scrub it and put anti corrosion paste on the contacts.
>
>Any ideas people?
>
>
>
>Julie Macfarlane
>1981 MKI 2L 16v
>Amsterdam NY
>
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>Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
>1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
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