[Vwdiesel] Engine won't turn off?

[Val Christian]

Sometimes the solenoids fail.  Over about 20 vwdiesels, I've had two
fail.  Sometimes a tap with a hammer gets them off.  Just a light
tap on the back casting of the IP.  If that does it, you might have 
something mechanical gumming up the works.

On one of the two failures, the coil in the solenoid actually opened.
You can verify this with an ohmmeter.

Good luck.


> 
> After I turn the ignition switch off the engine still runs.  I checked 
> to see if voltage was still on the fuel shutoff solenoid on the IP and 
> there is no voltage, so the circuit is working fine.  Can the shutoff 
> plunger become magnetized over time and not fall back to stop fuel flow?
> 
> The other thing I have noticed is the crappy fuel I've been getting over 
> the last year or so.  I have a glass filter before the oem one and you 
> can see the crud pile up.  The last tank full, it seems like there was 
> some varnish type residue in it.  I've since changed the filters and 
> gotten a new tank of diesel and it seems to be clear so far.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bud
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