Skinny1965
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hello all and thank you and My Daughter will thank you also if we figure this out
so 2006 Beetle doing no start first thing in morn.
so go out first thing open door stick key in and turn dash lights up you see coil light come on go out
then proceed to try turning over nope nothing no click notta
wait with key in on position say 5 min turn to crank and it just might it might not .if not get pissy pull key walk away maybe open garage up grab big charger wheeled to front of car go to pop hood ah while I'm here lets try turning key and it fires up
now this is random on what works to start it up and sometimes it does get a boost
saw something on youtube so I checked the glow plugs with test light by putting clamp end on pos and touching each glow plug this proved all would ground it also showed one with bad piece (glow pug sloppy like missing spacer in assembly) I replaced all glow pugs with new .
same vid had you check harness by putting clamp on neg turning key on and check each socket for glow plug (in vid they pulled the temp sensor i did it in morn when still cold) my test light lit in all 4 sockets
so I have just put in 4 new glow plugs
and also replaced the battery as I wasn't sure on age or if correct was used new one is 740 cca
so I'm hoping to go to a yard and find a 109 relay to try a swap see if that works but I'm open to other checks or possible fix
please help me out my Daughter love's her beetle (Rosie)
so 2006 Beetle doing no start first thing in morn.
so go out first thing open door stick key in and turn dash lights up you see coil light come on go out
then proceed to try turning over nope nothing no click notta
wait with key in on position say 5 min turn to crank and it just might it might not .if not get pissy pull key walk away maybe open garage up grab big charger wheeled to front of car go to pop hood ah while I'm here lets try turning key and it fires up
now this is random on what works to start it up and sometimes it does get a boost
saw something on youtube so I checked the glow plugs with test light by putting clamp end on pos and touching each glow plug this proved all would ground it also showed one with bad piece (glow pug sloppy like missing spacer in assembly) I replaced all glow pugs with new .
same vid had you check harness by putting clamp on neg turning key on and check each socket for glow plug (in vid they pulled the temp sensor i did it in morn when still cold) my test light lit in all 4 sockets
so I have just put in 4 new glow plugs
and also replaced the battery as I wasn't sure on age or if correct was used new one is 740 cca
so I'm hoping to go to a yard and find a 109 relay to try a swap see if that works but I'm open to other checks or possible fix
please help me out my Daughter love's her beetle (Rosie)