[V8] no start

[Ed Kellock]

Voltage at the jump start posts is 12.3, with many attempts to start and no
charging.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Ward [mailto:jward.v8 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 6:57 PM
> To: 'Ed Kellock'; dsaad at icehouse.net
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [V8] no start
> 
> 
> Did you check the voltage at the battery (or the climate 
> control head)?  If there is a big voltage drop, I would 
> suspect the battery cable interconnect at the firewall.  Who 
> mentioned this as a problematic area few years ago...? Tony?
> 
> - Jeremy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ed Kellock
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:47 PM
> To: dsaad at icehouse.net
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] no start
> 
> I followed Bently procedures.  It says at least 8 volts at 
> the red wire and at the one to the starter.  I got more than 
> 8 at both except the one that goes to the starter fell off right away.
> 
> On 1/4/07, dsaad at icehouse.net <dsaad at icehouse.net> wrote:
> >
> > Did you see the 8 volts on the solenoid wire (small one) while 
> > cranking? That sounds a little low. You either have a bad 
> battery or 
> > cable I would
> guess.
> >
> > The next description of flaky voltage at the main post also says
> cable/battery -
> > unless you are measuring at the wire that goes into the motor. In 
> > other
> words,
> > past the switch which is inside the solenoid. If you are measuring 
> > past
> the
> > solenoid, you are probably looking at a bad solenoid. Someone just 
> > posted
> about
> > having burned contacts - and this is the exact symptom.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Quoting Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Got the car up and removed the belly pan last night.  No apparent 
> > > interference by snow/ice.  The connections and wires look 
> solid and 
> > > basically clean.
> > >
> > > I could see a slight twitch of the starter/solenoid when 
> my helper 
> > > tried to start it so something's trying to happen there, just not 
> > > sure what.
> > >
> > > I checked voltage at the starter trigger wire, 8+ volts.  Then at 
> > > the post on the solenoid that supplies the starter with voltage.  
> > > That was flakey... with the key held in the start position, the 
> > > voltage would initially show 8+ volts then fluctuate, 
> then drop to 
> > > nothing.  Not sure if that's normal or if it matters.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I plan to pull the starter tonight.  Bentley says to come 
> > > from behind for the top bolt with an extension and a 
> flex.  Nobody 
> > > who's done the starter has lamented at how difficult it 
> is, so I'll 
> > > assume the flex/extension step is not overly 
> difficult/frustrating.
> > >
> > > Ed
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