Mar 29 2008, 08:45 PM
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DSMCentral Godfather ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 3,823 Joined: 10-January 01 From: Washburn Member No.: 26 |
Ran into a little snag lately.
The Talon will not crank or start. The fuel pump has power and runs, the starter has 12v. power to it but the signal wire to the solenoid does not power up. The ignition switch and clutch switch seems to work because I can toggle the fuel pump on and off with the clutch switch and the key in the start position. So in my mind that leaves the starter relay. Does anyone have a spare starter relay that I can try out? -------------------- In Loving memory of David T Crebo
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Apr 15 2008, 05:02 PM
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DSMCentral Godfather ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 3,823 Joined: 10-January 01 From: Washburn Member No.: 26 |
Well, I think that I have finally beaten down most of the gremlins this go-round.
Last night I went through the entire MAF-T harness that is custom tied directly into the ECU harness under the dash. Long story short..I found two MAFT wires had pulled out of their connectors from the ECU harness. With those repaired the engine started and ran, but still had the burbly-back-firing idle. This morning I got in it to drive to work and the EPROM chip gave up the ghost over night!?! WTF. So I switched the EPROM chip and all is well. I am again at the point of wondering if these standard maintenance items have made the car faster or if it's just been too long since I've gotten in the boost. Let's summarize the current repairs so far: Tightened loosening alternator bolts Repair three grounds at ECU Added a large ground to the motor Had the ECU cleaned of corrosion and rust Cleaned and nearly rebuilt the ignition switch (Fixed the no-start issue) Repaired and checked all of the MAFT wiring (Brought back the power and killed the check engine light) My logger still will not read with either one of my Palm cables and the interior is still in pieces from the wiring debugging... So there is still some work to do. -------------------- In Loving memory of David T Crebo
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awd4kicks Looking for a starter relay Mar 29 2008, 08:45 PM
mitsu90 I am sure there is one in the auto your more then ... Mar 29 2008, 10:53 PM
awd4kicks Apparently the Autp DSM doesn't have the same ... Mar 30 2008, 05:20 PM
mitsu90 no problem. Mar 30 2008, 06:47 PM
black92_tsi_awd Where is it?? I can probalbly borrow you the one ... Mar 30 2008, 07:46 PM
The Iron Goat That little square box relay that goes in the cent... Mar 30 2008, 08:27 PM
awd4kicks Actually this relay is the center of three relays ... Mar 30 2008, 09:40 PM
black92_tsi_awd I'll try to get it out tonight. Give me a cal... Mar 31 2008, 07:21 AM
black92_tsi_awd Forget my PM....I got it out.
Call me tomorrow an... Mar 31 2008, 05:02 PM
awd4kicks Thanks to black92_tsi I was able to keep from wast... Apr 1 2008, 09:42 PM
black92_tsi_awd Sorry man, wish it would have worked. Hopefully i... Apr 2 2008, 06:49 AM
natedogg Unobvious (is that a word?) electrical problems...... Apr 2 2008, 12:01 PM
JBone I remember when I had my TSi, the wire that led to... Apr 2 2008, 05:31 PM
awd4kicks AHAHAHAAAAAA! Now with the starter back in, i... Apr 2 2008, 05:57 PM
awd4kicks Well, I've gotten some other opinions and more... Apr 6 2008, 06:44 PM
awd4kicks I just traced most of the grounds and found that t... Apr 6 2008, 09:09 PM
awd4kicks I fixed the ECU grounds, disassembled and cleaned ... Apr 7 2008, 10:42 PM
black92_tsi_awd Have you tried checking/swapping the ignition tran... Apr 8 2008, 06:36 AM
natedogg Another thing you might try is a different EPROM c... Apr 8 2008, 08:42 AM
awd4kicks I'll check the transistor and coil connections... Apr 8 2008, 08:42 AM
awd4kicks QUOTE (natedogg @ Apr 8 2008, 02:42 PM)Anothe... Apr 8 2008, 08:45 AM
awd4kicks Ok time for a update...
I did quite a bit of trou... Apr 9 2008, 08:33 AM
mitsu90 I got an eprom but it's of no use to either of... Apr 9 2008, 04:04 PM
black92_tsi_awd Well did my ecu fix the problem?? Apr 11 2008, 07:24 PM
awd4kicks Fortunately (finsncially) it did NOT fix my proble... Apr 11 2008, 08:22 PM
black92_tsi_awd Sorry to hear that the ecu didn't fix it...no ... Apr 11 2008, 08:41 PM
JMoushon <Mechanic cap on>
The DLC malfunction sound... Apr 12 2008, 08:07 AM
natedogg I'm fairly free this weekend if you want a han... Apr 12 2008, 09:54 AM
black92_tsi_awd Good news!
Electrical is the most frustra... Apr 15 2008, 08:33 PM
awd4kicks DAMN IT! The Check Engine light came back on.... Apr 15 2008, 09:43 PM
mitsu90 ok now your just bragging Apr 15 2008, 09:45 PM
awd4kicks Haha..I don't mean to. Once you get a broke D... Apr 16 2008, 06:05 AM![]() ![]() |
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