Car only runs in START, not RUN - H e l p !

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

1) is the fuel pump running as it supposed too?
2) Check voltage at coil. Black wire should read 12v based on the switched 
ignition. The tach is driven from the coil.
Sounds like the black wire is going bad...

Try jumpering the black wire from the coil to the +12v side of the battery. 
If the car starts and runs then the black wire is bad.
Turning the key to the off position WILL NOT stop the engine. Pull the wire.

Good luck!

>From: Mardak <maardak@yahoo.ca>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Car only runs in START, not RUN - H e l p !
>Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:06:32 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Thought I had this problem solved by swapping out the ignition switch
>(tried both the electrical, and the mechanical parts), but after a week
>it's back...
>
>When I go to start it as soon as the key is released to the run
>position the tach takes an immediate dive (faster than the revs die),
>and the car dies.  If I hold the key in the start position it'll rev up
>- but it takes the starter for a ride...
>
>The problem used to be spotty.  When it died (while driving, or
>starting it) I would pull over, and it would start after a couple of
>tries.  But today, it took forever to get started, and once it died
>about 5 minutes later, I couldn't get it to start again.   Swapped the
>ignition switch parts again with the other car, and no improvement...
>
>Any ideas?  Oh ya, it's an 80 with switched fuel pump on/off relay
>bypass
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mark.
>
>
>
>
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Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
Amsterdam NY


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