[Vwdiesel] no start, relay and a smoke puff

[mikel at buncombe.main.nc.us]

> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:48:52 -0400
> From: Chris Jude <vegbenz300 at gmail.com>
> To: Tad <tadc at europa.com>
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] no start, relay and a smoke puff
> Message-ID:

Hi,

I've not seen a Bentley manual yet, it sounds like an error - I'd say that
it *should* say the wire in question is 4mm in diameter.

I agree with James, you'll need to take the fuse block loose  and look for
poor connections; possibly either a conductor backing out of a plug-block,
or an individual wire that has been overheated (if not melted, then
brittle insulation) and the spade lug has lost it's plating/temper and no
longer makes good contact.

hope that helps, ymmv

> I've read and reread the legend for the Bentley manual wiring diagrams,
> and
> it says the number listed with the wire color code is the AWG.  Doesn't
> seem right though, as many of the wires are list as .5 or 15.  For
> instance
> the code for the glow plug wire is 6.0 R/W
> I must be reading it incorrectly.
>
> Chris
>
> ps- has the list been really really quiet, or is this the only active
> thread right now?
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote: