2001 tdi runaway compression results questions

Tdijarhead said:

Do you have a multimeter? If so check the battery voltage with the car turned off. Then take the red multimeter lead and put it on the stud at the starter.

The one the positive battery cable is hooked to. It should read the same voltage as your battery. If not your cable needs replacement, you’ve taken everything else out of the equation.

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bizzle said:

The last time his car was turning over his battery and/or wiring started smoking. I just re-read through the thread and do not see any mention of testing or replacing the battery. I don't think it's safe to assume the battery is any good after what it went through.

In this case a bad battery would be good news because otherwise it's going to be a royal PITA trying to find where that short lit off (gotta find the source of that smoke--something melted and for sanity and wallet's sake let's all cross our fingers the battery sacrificed itself).

g0nefish1n, when you had your old starter on the bench did you see or smell anything to indicate it was the source of the smoke you saw?

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Tdijarhead said:

Do you have a multimeter? If so check the battery voltage with the car turned off. Then take the red multimeter lead and put it on the stud at the starter.

The one the positive battery cable is hooked to. It should read the same voltage as your battery. If not your cable needs replacement, you’ve taken everything else out of the equation.

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g0nefish1n said:

Update:

Afraid its only bad news. I finally got the money to make repairs. Based on my compression test i decided to get a rebuilt garrett turbo. I installed the turbo over the weekend. I took my time, double checked everything, and got everything put back together today. Well, I went to turn the engine over for 10 seconds to get oil pumping through the turbo lines but my car didn't want to turn over very fast. Now, just to let you know, my starter has been acting a little funny before all this. It sounded a little weird when starting, and would slow crank often. Anyway, after it turned over 5 or 6 times really slowly smoke started coming up from the battery area I have no idea why from there, as i didn't do any work near there! I couldn't see exactly where it came from, but both battery post were warm. The negative side appears to have gotten hot enough to melt the tape around it. I reached under and the starter was pretty warm itself also. The solenoid was very cold. (working in 40 degrees). If it was bent rods, would that cause it to turn over very slow? I am thinking i might actually have bent rods, which made it hard for the engine to turn over, which overworked the starter causing it to overheat. Is that plausable? The battery was replaced about 2 months ago with a cheap walmart store brand battery.

I am stumped and at my wits ends, guys. My boss is pretty decent but if i can't get back to work this week i am gonna get fired. I am almost out of money to make anymore repairs or buy replacement parts. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. What might i have overlooked? thank you.

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