Heres the criminal: http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/1998%20Jetta/3BA492D3-4A28-435F-91BC-6D4429EED320-2530-0000035F6E9999C5_zps6ae428de.jpg
Its the power wire for the shutoff solenoid. A guy on the TDI list pointed out that a shutoff solenoid will look an awful lot like a dead short to a meter. So the first troubleshooting step was to send 12v directly to it. I did and that got the car started to turn it around in the driveway. Then start following the wires. Theres a junction block and this is just beyond it. One weather proof crimp later and we're back in business. While I was there I found another wire I was hoping was the reason the reverse lights don't work. No love... I'll need to look into that, inspection is due next month. -Curt ________________________________ From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> To: Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Uh oh How about hooking it up to the laptop? VCDS (the VW checking software) says its the shutoff solenoid, you can see the readout here: http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/1998%20Jetta/VCDSreadout_zps79697737.png The shutoff solenoid lives on the top of the IP and does what it says it does. Mine reads direct to ground with the wire removed, I'm going to say thats a bad one. Genuine VW part from an online place is $150 plus delivery, we'll see what my local VW dealers say, I've got 2 to try since I have to be at work tomorrow. Good thing I put a new exhaust pipe on the 190D (MB content) last weekend. The old one had split a couple inches away from where I'd last fixed it. If I kept at it much longer it'd be all repair... -Curt ________________________________ From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Uh oh Yep, start simple/easy/cheap and work toward complex/expensive. Plugged fuel filter(s)? All a diesel engine needs is air in, fuel, compression, and exhaust out. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Aug 4, 2014 6:35 PM, "Peter Frederick via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Very likely it's either out of fuel or you have a badly leaking line. > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
