Heres the criminal:
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/curtludwig/1998%20Jetta/3BA492D3-4A28-435F-91BC-6D4429EED320-2530-035F6EC5_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.
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