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Old July 23rd 05, 11:37 AM
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Time to replace the starter and make sure there is a heat shield on the
starter.

"Tobin Fricke" > wrote in message
F.Berkeley.EDU...
>I have a 1992 automatic GTI which has the famous hot-start problem: when
>the engine is hot, it will not start. There is no noise except the faint
>hum of the fuel pump (?). Once the engine cools down (was 15-30 minutes in
>the winter; now 1-2 hours in the summer--but probably the problem is
>getting worse too) it starts fine. Presumably this is because the solenoid
>gets hot, its resistance increases, and the terminal 50 voltage is then
>insufficient to engage it.
>
> Impatient with this, I cut the ignition cable that goes to to the starter
> ("Terminal 50") and have been starting the car by touching the end of this
> wire to the positive battery terminal (only ~4 times), in lieu of putting
> in a relay that will accomplish the same thing. However, I just tried
> this most recently, and nothing at all is happening, including no arc when
> I touch the terminal 50 cable (going to the starter(solenoid)) to the
> battery, as if it were an open circuit. Could the solenoid finally have
> fried?
>
> thanks,
> Tobin Fricke



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