"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
10/05/2016 at 18:41 • Filed to: None
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"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
10/05/2016 at 18:41 • Filed to: None | 0
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My 944 didn’t start when I went to go home for my lunch break, so I sighed and went and had pizza and a salad. It was quite good.
But eventually I had to think about starting it, so I went out to my car this afternoon so I should know whether to ask my wife to pick me up. It still wouldn’t start. Took the relay out, wiped off the prongs, gave it a little tap tap cause that helps apparently, and put it back in and it started right up.
The Relay in question is a cheap but almost brand new relay I bought after having this problem earlier this month. I’m beginning to think it might be where the relay plugs and not the relay itself(although someone on jalopnik mentioned a solid state relay that’s available that I’ve been meaning to order). Unfortunately the 944 relay panel is located in the upper part of the drivers side footwell. Not my car but a picture to give an idea:
And the relay in question is in the top row. I’m thinking I’ll either need to remove my seat or maybe move it all the way back and recline it and maybe I’ll be able to see what the heck is going on on the back side. Or just keep on removing the relay, tapping/shaking it, and putting it back in cause that seems effective.
I Will Always Be The Honey Badger
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
10/05/2016 at 19:12 |
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You burn your fingers on the box and throw your multimeter around, yeah that’s what it’s all about.
Die-Trying
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
10/05/2016 at 20:18 |
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disconnect the battery, use a narrow ignition file............
but yeah, the relay is on its way out, beating on it will get you by, until it finally gives it up all together........ its letting you know...........
Pickup_man
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
10/06/2016 at 09:20 |
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Fuel pump relay? I’ve got the same problem on my 924. Someone before me hot wired the fuel pump to a switch in a pretty sketchy way, but so far I’ve just left it because getting up to that fuse box area is a pain. I should probably get around to fixing it though.
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> Pickup_man
10/06/2016 at 11:09 |
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That’s the one. It’s a pain to see what’s going on up there but I had a couple of no starts a few weeks ago, order a new fuel pump relay, popped it in, no problem for 10 days, then all of a sudden yesterday it was cranking but wouldn’t start. I ordered a steady state relay with a 6 year warrantee last night.
It sounds like some people use a temporary jumper for the relay when it fails, so I could see a person with a moderate amount of electronics knowledge creating something like that but with an on off switch. It sounds like one of those things where, when it’s your car and you did the work, it’s a good solution but when you’re a subsequent owner your never going to fully trust it.
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Pickup_man
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
10/06/2016 at 12:23 |
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Yeah, I’m just going to have to get up in there and pull the panel down to figure out what the PO did. Currently there is one wire that runs into the abyss, a switch, and a wire with a flat blade that just slides into a random fuse slot. I’m usually good with wiring but I can’t seem to wrap my head around this one, or how to fix it exactly. Now that I know where the fuel pump relay goes hopefully I can figure out how to fix it the right way.