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Reply #75January 29, 2013, 05:06:31 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #75 on: January 29, 2013, 05:06:31 pm »
This is getting interesting. I had forgotten that you started with bad gps.

What about taking off the wires from the alternator. Carefully tape them up so they don't short out on the chassis. Remove the battery ground while you do it. Start the car and again measure right at the alternator like you did earlier.

Sometimes cheap meters (mine included) do not work well on pulsating DC, it confuses them because of their extremely high impedance but could be worth a test. That way you would remove all other loads.

Of course you may have a bum alternator but that would be odd with it being refurbished and then tested on a machine which should load it.
« Last Edit: January 29, 2013, 05:08:54 pm by scrounger »
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Reply #76January 29, 2013, 05:14:44 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #76 on: January 29, 2013, 05:14:44 pm »
Please explain to me where this glow plug buss is?

Reply #77January 29, 2013, 05:16:41 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #77 on: January 29, 2013, 05:16:41 pm »
The buss is sometimes called a buss bar. It is the strip of copper that connect all 4 glowplugs together.

Reply #78January 29, 2013, 05:54:59 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #78 on: January 29, 2013, 05:54:59 pm »
What about taking off the wires from the alternator. Carefully tape them up so they don't short out on the chassis. Remove the battery ground while you do it. Start the car and again measure right at the alternator like you did
Not a good idea to run the alternator without the battery attached.


Reply #79January 29, 2013, 06:08:40 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #79 on: January 29, 2013, 06:08:40 pm »
So if i get a voltage after the light turns off at the buss my relay is brokeded. Is there a safer way to run a test on the alternator without a load?

Reply #80January 29, 2013, 06:25:36 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #80 on: January 29, 2013, 06:25:36 pm »
You might meter the battery and watch the voltage.
Watch the meter and GP indicator... key off: battery is ~12V...
key on (engine not running) : the voltage drops... after a few seconds, the led will extinguish... after roughly 20sec the voltage should jump up as the GP relay clicks off.

If the voltage does not rise after ~30sec, the relay is likely sticking.

If the engine is warm, you can unplug the GP relay (or disconnect the fuse or wire) and run the engine the see if the voltage is in the proper range.

Reply #81January 29, 2013, 11:43:31 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #81 on: January 29, 2013, 11:43:31 pm »
well im pretty sure my multimeter is dead (constantly reads -0.00V no matter what) GAHHHH god hates me. Until tomorrow.

Reply #82January 29, 2013, 11:54:33 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #82 on: January 29, 2013, 11:54:33 pm »
My meters have a battery that dies expectantly  or the fuse blows when I forget to change the amp scale. 

Reply #83January 30, 2013, 02:37:19 am

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #83 on: January 30, 2013, 02:37:19 am »


Okay sir, here are the results...

Took the battery off the charger.
12.4V  battery terminals
12.36V negative batt terminal to pos post on alt

Key on ACC
11.4V batt terminals

Car start and idle
11.43V (lots of belt squealing, rev throttle until no more squeaking)

Attach jumper wire (one end post terminal alt another attached on blue alt excite wire spade connector), blip throttle
11.83V batt terminals

So perhaps botched bench test...

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Looking at this again, it would seem that the glow plug relay IS the problem, there really is no other explanation.

Reply #84January 30, 2013, 08:49:26 am

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #84 on: January 30, 2013, 08:49:26 am »
There's no other explanation we have thought of yet... but a hanging relay would be consistent with all the symptoms and events described, including the burned-out GPs.




Reply #85January 30, 2013, 01:13:00 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #85 on: January 30, 2013, 01:13:00 pm »
Well i just bought a new one from GAP so hopefully it will be here soon.

Reply #86January 30, 2013, 06:44:50 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #86 on: January 30, 2013, 06:44:50 pm »
Good thing to replace regardless, it handles a lot of current.. so its good for it to be in working order :)

Reply #87January 30, 2013, 07:01:29 pm

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« Reply #87 on: January 30, 2013, 07:01:29 pm »
So the relay was sticking on? I missed that. Last I heard was the multimeter was sour and you were getting another one.
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Reply #88January 30, 2013, 07:03:43 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #88 on: January 30, 2013, 07:03:43 pm »
So the relay was sticking on? I missed that. Last I heard was the multimeter was sour and you were getting another one.

I do not think it was confirmed, but a new GP relay is a good idea regardless.

Reply #89January 30, 2013, 07:52:45 pm

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Re: 1986 Golf 1.6 N/A Crank No Start
« Reply #89 on: January 30, 2013, 07:52:45 pm »
8-V, correct. This is my daily so I need it going reliaby asap. The relay shipped from NY today so hopefully it get here soon.

 

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