Start Q's

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

Starters draw more current when warm...

  You might consider doing a relay setup like Pat did on that Cabby...

HTH

David Utley

Quoting Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>:

> I'll try that tomorrow. Its just weird that its seems only to do it when 
> warm...
> 
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> 
> Julie Macfarlane
> 1981 MKI 2L 16v
> Amsterdam NY
> 
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> 
> 
> >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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