[Vwdiesel] More on Intermittent GP's

[David Cook]

Hi Mike-

I cannot think of any reason you couldn't directly
connect the bus bar to the battery.  Just make sure
you use a big enough wire to handle the current.

Also, I'm really sure you could do it for 30 seconds. 
I think that is how long the light stays on when it is
super cold out.

If you try ether, I'd disconnect the bus bar to the
plugs to make sure they don't accidently turn on and
blow up the engine.  Also, I've heard more than one
person say that you should't spray it into the intake,
but rather get some on a rag, and place it right
infront of the intake, so it will only suck in some
fumes.

Good luck,

David

--- Mike & Coreen Smith <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Well.........at the end of the day, I had ZERO
> GP's.....not even a flicker
> on the yellow light on the dash like at noontime.  I
> did however hear what I
> think was a GP relay rapidly clicking on/off on/off
> as I was cranking the
> starter..........ever try to start a diesel in -8*C
> weather with NO GP's!?
> 
> Well, it did start eventually, after a minute of
> cranking, but it wasn't
> happy.  Rattled/Smoked/cough/gagged sputtered worse
> than ever.
> 
> Later, I stopped @ a neigbors house (across the
> street) and visited for
> about an hour...outside now -10*C.
> Again, no GP's, no yellow LED and this time *NO*
> relay clicking from under
> the dash while cranking.
> 
> Tomorrow this time I may have a limping home story
> for you.
> 
> I'm thinking I could just put a booster cable from
> the + of the battery onto
> the busbar/first GP and heat it for 20 seconds
> before jumping in to crank it
> tmw afternoon.  It's plugged in tonight so the block
> heater should help
> quite a bit when I go to start it @ 7am.....will
> likely be -15*C
> outside.....and no GP's!
> I do have a can of ether but really really REALLY
> don't want to use it
> unless I'm stranded big time somewhere.
> 
> No time tonight to troubleshoot and it'll have to
> wait until Saturday.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Mike
> Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> NB
> Canada
> E6L 1T1
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David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
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