I shut the car off but it keeps running

Post by **Fatmobile** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:41 pm

I know we've talked about this before, it's not the first time it's happened,..
but I can't find the topic.
The folks that bought my GTI diesel said it wouldn't start. It was the stop solenoid.
I replaced it with a used one and it starts right up,..
then won't shut off.
If I start it but don't bump the accelerator, and the alternator light is still on; it will shut off.
,...but if I rev it until the alternator light goes out, it will not stop running when I turn the key off.
Pull the connector off the stop solenoid and it will shut off. I didn't have my voltmeter with me so I don't know if it has power after that.
I remember Sharkey talking about feedback from the alternator, through the blue wire and putting a diode in the blue wire solved the problem that time
but I think I remember someone having an easier solution.
Anyone remember another cure?

Post by **Fatmobile** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:13 am

Doh, I forgot to put the spring inside the stop solenoid.
Runs,.. and stops running great now.
The weather is getting nice again.

vanbcguy · Post by **vanbcguy** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:14 am

Sure you plugged the right wire in to the stop solenoid again after you changed it?

MPalm · Post by **MPalm** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:33 am

Fatmobile wrote:Doh, I forgot to put the spring inside the stop solenoid.
Runs,.. and stops running great now.
The weather is getting nice again.

"The weather is getting nice again"

vanbcguy · Post by **vanbcguy** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:50 pm

Looks like we hit post at the same time!!

Glad it was something simple. I only asked about the wire because my car has a second identical type connector sharing the same piece of wiring harness right at the pump, from the AAZ that should be in there I'm guessing.

Post by **Fatmobile** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:42 pm

There is an oil temp or pressure wire, for a sensor on the filter mount, that looks like it will fit.

I knew I remembered a simple solution for this but couldn't find it in search,..
I must not have written it down last time I did it

.

Everything is melting around here. Raining tomorrow. I've been imagining spring almost all winter but more frequently through this last month.

Spring might not be here yet, probably more cold on the way,..
but it's good to see the ice/snow melting because
we won't get a real warm day while that's on the ground.

Vincent Waldon · Post by **Vincent Waldon** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:29 am

Fatmobile wrote:Doh, I forgot to put the spring inside the stop solenoid.

Whew.... thank heavens, a simple explanation. I was wracking my brain trying to puzzle how the alternator and the glow plug relay (which drives the stop solenoid) could be related...

MPalm · Post by **MPalm** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:39 am

Fatmobile wrote: Everything is melting around here. Raining tomorrow. I've been imagining spring almost all winter but more frequently through this last month.

Spring might not be here yet, probably more cold on the way,..
but it's good to see the ice/snow melting because
we won't get a real warm day while that's on the ground.

I actually could feel the heat of the sun today for the first time since late fall

Temp went up to -10C in the shade, close to 0 in the sun, maybe the spring will come this year too afterall!

hippiehulahooper · Post by **hippiehulahooper** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:53 am

60*F and sunny in Ky!
raining yesterday and looks like more on the radar but the radio said just wind.

either way it has been better than the last two weeks here. no thermal underwear needed

MPalm · Post by **MPalm** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:40 pm

We had a bit of a snow fall one night

Look at the lights, 10V at the bulb...

surfcam · Post by **surfcam** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:36 pm

That Caddy looks like it waving it's arms for help!