~TDIguy~
Veteran Member
So i recently bought a 2004 jetta Bew that i had found on CL in Indiana. 343k miles but still pretty solid and with a brand new PD150 intake and VNT 17 that i thought would go good on my other BEW with the tuning and currently stock turbo.
So i had a friend drive the car home, drove great and ran fine. He dropped it off in pa where i later picked it up and drove the rest of the way to my place in Ny. i drove it a little bit around here, to work a day or so and then parked it cause i dont plan to put it on the road but simply swap the parts and resell.
So the car sat for about a week or two in the lot without being moved, when i went out to start it beginning of this week it would crank but not fire. Had the typical 109 relay symptoms, no GP or CEL when you turn the key on. SO i ordered two 109s from IDparts. So yesterday i switched the relay so it would be ready when a guy wanted to come look at it, and it wouldnt start!! Same thing. Checked out all the fuses pertaining to starting, and after a 40 minute conversation with my VW tech friend we decided it has to be the ignition switch. Heres why we thought that. Terminal 87 on the 109 is hot with the key off, and terminal 85 is ground with the key off. Turn the key on, and the power and ground should switch between 85 and 87 like it does on my 05 BEW. but that is not happening. unfortunately the ignition switch did not change that. ANy of you guys have any helpful tips for me??? I have another guy that wants to look at it this afternoon im really hoping to get it going in time..... and oh yes i tried switching the 100 relay between my 05 and the 04 just in case, no difference.
So i had a friend drive the car home, drove great and ran fine. He dropped it off in pa where i later picked it up and drove the rest of the way to my place in Ny. i drove it a little bit around here, to work a day or so and then parked it cause i dont plan to put it on the road but simply swap the parts and resell. So the car sat for about a week or two in the lot without being moved, when i went out to start it beginning of this week it would crank but not fire. Had the typical 109 relay symptoms, no GP or CEL when you turn the key on. SO i ordered two 109s from IDparts. So yesterday i switched the relay so it would be ready when a guy wanted to come look at it, and
it wouldnt start!! Same thing. Checked out all the fuses pertaining to starting, and after a 40 minute conversation with my VW tech friend we decided it has to be the ignition switch. Heres why we thought that. Terminal 87 on the 109 is hot with the key off, and terminal 85 is ground with the key off. Turn the key on, and the power and ground should switch between 85 and 87 like it does on my 05 BEW. but that is not happening. unfortunately the ignition switch did not change that. ANy of you guys have any helpful tips for me??? I have another guy that wants to look at it this afternoon im really hoping to get it going in time..... and oh yes i tried switching the 100 relay between my 05 and the 04 just in case, no difference.
