(is) I don't understand my car.....(was) HELP!! My car won't shut off!!!!

[pbureau@attbi.com (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

I think your ignition switch is shot, swapp it out.

Patrick

=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Nate Mellom
=>Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 5:18 PM
=>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: (is) I don't understand my car.....(was) HELP!! My car won't
=>shut off!!!! 
=>
=>
=>I really don't understand my car.
=>I tore apart my fuseblock, pulled all the relays (which were all dry), I 
=>used canned air and blew out all the connectors, checked all the fuses 
=>(all were fine), pulled the fuseblock off the firewall and checked all 
=>the connections I could see and blew off everything I could see, put it 
=>all back together, hooked the battery back up and......lights still on 
=>on the dash, voltage guage reading 9v with no key in the ignition.  What 
=>the hell?  So, I started pulling all my relays again, one at a time, to 
=>see if anything would happen.  Nothing did, so I figured I'd start it 
=>for shits.  Started right up, dash lights went out, reading a full 
=>13.5v.  Okay, so the moment of truth, I turned the key off.  It paused, 
=>like it wanted to shut down, but kept running.  It had not even thought 
=>about shutting down in it's own since yesterday.  So I turned the key 
=>back on, turned it just a hair to off, and it shut off!!  Started it 
=>again, had to jiggle the key a little bit, but again, it shut down.  And 
=>since then (crossing fingers and toes, knocking on wood), it's started 
=>and shut off like normal, probably a dozen times.  I have NO idea what 
=>did it, but something either worked or my car took pity on me (since I 
=>was so nice to equip it with a quality TT system =o).  
=>So, for now, my car starts, and shuts off, like it should.  
=>I'm taking bets on how long it will last......
=>
=>Nate
=>'81
=>'84
=>
=>Chris, I had done nothing to my car previously aside form running it 
=>through the car wash.  In the past, I have noticed water in the drivers 
=>foot well after rains and car washes, but I forgot to look this time. 
=> I'm thinking that maybe I did indeed get water in my fuseblock area 
=>when I washed my car (bad windshield seal, I'm guessing), and it dried 
=>up, hence it working.  That's my working hypothesis, anywho.
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