RE: New Fuel Relay but no pump action (The woes continue...)

[Salvatore Guzzo <yu129742@yorku.ca>]

I just tried reversing the wires like you said, but still nothing.
HOWEVER, it did kinda run (the fuel pump that is).  Could it be just a bad
connection at the coil.  What can i use to remedy this.


Sal

At 05:36 PM 11/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Sal,
>Sorry to hear about your troubles
>
>I have my Bently out and it looks like you have the wires wrong.
>
>The green from the ignition control unit and the r/bk from the fusebox
connect to terminal 1 on the coil.
>
>The black wires connect to terminal 15....one is from the ignition switch
and the other is from the ignition unit.
>
>Brian Honnold
>'78 Rocco Ragtop
>
>On Monday, November 30, 1998 7:03 PM, Salvatore Guzzo
[SMTP:yu129742@yorku.ca] wrote:
>> I was hoping to relate a positive message this evening about the car firing
>> up and running beautifully.  Unfortunately, such is not the case.  Rather
>> the woes continue...........
>> 
>> As a recap, I have gone from a carb setup to the favourable fuel injection
>> system.  The car is a 84 Rabbit with a new 83 GTI motor.  I had to wire up
>> the fuel pump and also purchased a new fuel pump relay.  However, when I
>> turn on the ignition switch, I don't hear the fuel pump running.  I
>> bypassed the switch by hooking up terminals 30 and 15.  Progress, the fuel
>> pump runs.  Great I thought.  Possibly the new fuel pump relay is
>> defective.  I call up the dealer and he says that the fuel pump is not
>> defective and goes on by saying that terminal 30 has constant power while
>> terminal 15 only comes on after the ignition switch is on.  He also
>> mentioned that term. 15 is not a ground wire.  I dunno...the Bentley says
>> other wise.  So back to the drawing board I went to re-check my wiring....
>> 
>> It turns out that when the key is turned to the on position, I get powerat
>> terminals 30, 15 and 1.  Out of curiousity, shouldn't there be power at 87.
>>  Terminal 87 runs to the fuel pump and I thought that once the key is
>> turned, the relay would allow current flow through terminal 87. This is
>> where the terminals are hooked up to..
>> 
>> 30- direct current.....
>> 15- ignition switch
>> 1- red wire connected to a live wire from the seatbelt relay
>> 87- fuel pump and ignition coil 
>> 
>> Another thing, i did a test on the ignition coil with the key at the onm
>> position.  At terminal 1 at the coil, I get current...At terminal 15, I
>> also get current.  Is it possible that I have the coil wires mixed up?
>> There are two wires which come from the fuse box.  A red/black wire which
>> possesses current and a black one which also possesses current.  The other
>> two wires coming from the little box on the driver side near the wiper
>> assembly (I forgot what it's called) are green and black, green has
>> current, but the black doesn't.  I have the 2 black wires hooked up to
>> term. 1 and the green and red/black to term. 15.  Does this all sound
>> right?  Further testing shows that the red/black wire flows from term. 1 on
>> the fuel pump relay while the black wire also matches up with term. 15 on
>> the relay which hooks up to ignition switch.   What a nightmare!!!!!!!!!!
>> I also noticed that on the distributor, there exists a male adaptor which
>> seems to me that I must connect something to it.  I'm not sure if such is
>> the case.  This is such a PITA.  I had the motor in two weeks ago and I
>> still haven't gotten it started..........
>> 
>> Sorry for this post being so long but I need to get some input from
>> somewhere.  I know that if I take it to a mechanic, he'll financially drain
>> me.  Plus, I'd have to tow it to him.  
>> 
>> 
>> Sal
>> 
>> 81 Scirocco (awaiting a motor transplant)
>> 84 Rabbit (awaiting to experience its transplant)
>> 67 Peugeot 404 (awaiting for the summer of 99)
>> 
>> 
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