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• Re: No spark, good coil, etc
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:16:38 -0700
  ...the coil. Is this just a Static Test Result or While Cranking ~ Also remember that the ECU Needs To Know that The Ignition Switch...
• Re: No spark, good coil, etc
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:24:49 -0500
  Have you tried to swap the ignition control unit? Also try unplugging the idle unit and plugging the two plugs together. I have had...
• Wire gauge: smaller to larger ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:16:09 -0700
  ...Vanagon Bentley (1981) shows a #16 wire from "15" on ignition switch to the coil. Jetta Bentley shows a #12 wire going to coil...
• More Digifant testing, "Das Boot"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:09:23 -0600
  ...Coil terminal #1 minus side 3.5 volts Coil terminal #15 plus side 9.5 volts ECU disconnected, ignition on, engine off: Coil terminal...
• Re: Question: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:28:07 EDT
  ...It could be intermittant coil problem or fuel pump relay or ignition relay problem. That is what I would check first. Hope I helped...
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:00:04 -0400
  ...The output pulse goes to the ignition pulse generator and tells it to initiate the switching output that pulls down the coil negative to...
• Re: Wire gauge: smaller to larger ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:42:52 -0700
  ...16 wire from "15" on ignition switch > > to the coil. > > > > Jetta Bentley shows a #12 wire going to coil. > > > > Is it a bad idea...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:53:31 -0700
  ...On 1.9 models turning on the ignition also directly provides power to the fuel pump relay coil but this does not turn on...
• Re: Mystery Electrical Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:30:19 -0400
  ...suspected the coil or wires connected to it. Not too likely. I would suspect the Hall sender circuit or the ignition controller inside the...
• Update: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - Don Griffin
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 23:14:13 EDT
  ...I checked and cleaned all the connections I could follow to the coil and battery and also checked the connections to the ignition switch...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:58:48 -0700
  ...the coil and it seems within > specifications. > > What voltage should I have on poles 1 and 15 on the coil with the > ignition turned...
• Still Sluggish Update
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 05:18:49 -0700
  ...The ignition coil wire had fused to the connector in the top of the ignition coil, but I replaced it with an aftermarket one...
• Re: No spark, clueless
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 May 2013 23:51:50 -0400
  Being an "86 there are three major components needed for ignition. The most important is the ignition coil itself. On occasion they do fail...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:04:02 -0500
  ...to energize the coil, and provide current supply to the ignition(so it will start).Current supply to the ignition originates from a connection...
• Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:27 EST
  ...ignition coil which has a grey sticker. The recommended plugs for the green coil:� � W7 DTC 14-7 DTU� N7 BYC � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � grey coil:� � �� W7...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:41:44 -0700
  ...The #1 and #15 terminals are the two leads of the primary winding of the ignition coil. The #1 pin is connexted to ECU...
• Further adventures to my vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:59 -0700
  ...I had 12v at the battery, the ignition, the fuse block. I got 1.5 or less at the coil. After fiddling with the...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:14:41 -0800
  You don't ground the col wire to check for ignition voltage coming out of the coil. if you actually mean 'grounded it' ...there...
• RE: Need help identifying ground wire in engine bay
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 9 Jul 1997 12:46:26 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I will look to see if I can find were the other end of this strap was attached which should near the ignition coil...
• Re: Ignition question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 30 May 2007 06:42:59 -0700
  ...I gave the coil direct power from > the battery and everything was fine except the ignition wouldn't shut it > off. No problem, remove...
• Re: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:29:30 -0700
  ...The "transistorized ignition control unit" in the ECU controls both the voltage and firing of the coil. These coils don't appear to have...
• Re: Coil killer found! vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:59:25 -0400
  ...and a I used a Crane Red coil and various > electronic ignition systems and the coil has lasted over TWELVE (12) years > and was...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:58:26 -0800
  re "disable the ignition by pulling the coil wire from the distributor cap - then pull a fuel hose in the engine compartment and activate...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:17:45 -0700
  <snip> > Looked over at the coil and saw ignition >sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This >morning...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:24:19 -0700
  ...It then pulses the coil as it deems appropriate. The ignition coil is driven by the ECU directly. The earlier 1.9 Digijet system...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 14:09:55 -0400
  ...The VW vanagon ignition system does not use a ballast resistor...which is usually present for starting purposes.The coil can fail w/o...
• Ignition Coils
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:47:41 -0700
  Seems there are 2 coils on offer for 1984 Vanagons with the change point around July of 84. 211905115B for the pre-July and...
• Re: Coil Fires, 7.5KOhms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:33:52 -0400
  ...The only thing left of the stock ignition would be the coil...it's certainly possible that a different coil would be optimum. If...
• Re: Help!! in big trouble with Jetta GLi ignition system
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:09:58 -0800
  ...Bentley manual on this ? > So far I have substituted the distributor, coil , ignition module to no > avail, but I have just discovered the knock...
• Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:37:47 -0800
  ...switch 15 to the Jetta coil and ECU. In the A3 Bentley, a #10 wire runs to the Jetta coil and ECU. I assume...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:39:10 -0500
  ...off the >> ignition switch before it gets to A8 connector, install an inline >> fuse >> and route the splice to the black coil 12 volt...
• Re: Das Boot still won't crank--latest update
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:24:11 -0500
  ...to coil. This will bypass the ignition switch for testing. Ignition switches are known problems in these. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72...
• Re: need coil wire 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:27:15 -0600
  ...An 85 GL has electronic ignition and requires a resistor coil wire. Only 83 and below standard point set ignitions require a solid core...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:48:38 -0400
  ...I want to >measure engine RPM without a strobe light, by connecting a frequency >counter to the Hall control unit ignition coil drive output...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:21:25 -0700
  ...The coil's center connection > (coil wire to distributor) and the distributor's cap connections is what > I am referring to to. All Vanagon...
• Re: I am stumped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:36:31 -0500
  ...when you just turn your ignition on to listen to the radio, because power is going to the coil for extended periods of time...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:37:46 -0500
  ...It then pulses the coil as it >deems appropriate. The ignition coil is driven by the ECU directly. > >The earlier 1.9 Digijet system...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:51:57 -0700
  ...Reversing the 2 black wires at the 3 prongs >> > post doesn't do anything. >> > The same connection on the old ignition coil makes the...
• Re: Sorta Scary Event
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:26:49 -0500
  ...Wiggle the wiring at the ignition switch. Wiggle the fuel pump connections. Open the relay box on the ignition coil, wiggle the wires, tap...
• Re: Help!! Funny Idle, Engine Stops
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:10:22 -0700
  Craig, Start at the coil and work back to the fuse panel and from the panel to the ignition switch. Tighten all of the...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:25:42 -0400
  ...I can't imagine the Jetta ignition coil needing so much more current that the ignition switch can�t handle it anyway. This may...
• Re: 88 GL Failure to start - the Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:09:36 -0500
  ...I drove a bit with the new coil and could not get the ignition to > fault. Started every time. Will see what today brings...
• Re: The alternator issue
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:16:22 -0400
  ...field in the coil as it gradually used up the energy. This is how the old Kettering (points-type) ignition system works, and why...
• Re: What did I destroy now? (Ignition fail)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:52:59 -0500
  ...When the coil output doesn't have a path to ground the voltage rises very high and tries to punch through the coil insulation...
• Re:Tach was The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 95 8:15:14 EDT
  ...In effect the coil is being grounded by the tach, is it not? Would this effect electronic ignitions more or less? DC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment...
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:47:32 -0700
  ...the ignition switch. It wasn't the switch. So, I swapped > out the coil (checking connections) and it wasn't the coil. > > So, I...
• plugged cat? due to bad coil?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:54:30 -0500 (EST)
  ...lost ignition coil last week and cranked till battery dead. is this enuf raw gas to destroy cat? been told cat has been clogged...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:50:13 -0700
  ...I replaced the ignition switch and then I checked for current at the ignition coil black wires ( terminal 15 ) and do NOT get any...
• Re: new ignition install but still no spark.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:32:50 -0600
  ...I installed a new > ignition coil but I still have no spark. Everything > else seems to be in place and I can't figure...
• Re: new coil - still no spark???
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:18:03 -0500
  ...Replaced it still no spark, I guess it was not the coil. >What do I need to check next? A friend said the ignition...
• Ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:21:21 -0400
  Testing my ignition wires for resistance reveals kOhms of over 6.5. The wire from the coil indicates 7.5. As per Bentley this...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:12:16 -0700
  ...more towards the coil. > > > > Also seems like keeping the ignition on makes it not start after 5m. But > > with ignition off it starts after...
• WTB: CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:11:38 -0400
  ...211-905-115-B, Ignition Coil 3. 191-905-351-B, Hall Control unit, transistorized coil ignition unit 8. 251-906-083, Idle stabilizer...
• Stranded Westy in SF is fixed.... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:19:03 -0600
  ...turn ignition key, blue spark means good coil, yellow spark maens okay coil, red spoark means bad coil)...he replaced the coil and she...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:47:44 -0400
  ...more towards the coil. > > > > Also seems like keeping the ignition on makes it not start after 5m. But > > with ignition off it starts after...
• DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:36:40 -0500
  ...34mm Tuning and Emission ignition coil supply voltage: 11v primary resistance: coil green label .5 - .8 ohm - coil grey label: .6 - .8 ohm secondary...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:16:07 -0500
  ...The ignition coils were 6 - 9 V with a ballast resistor in series. When you started the car the ignition switch applied 12 V...
• Re: 85 vanvagon 1.9 electrical prob
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:52:36 -0400
  ...When she stops, cool off the ignition module and see if that brings it back. Could try cooling the coil too, but that's...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:31:12 -0700
  ...Reversing the 2 black wires at the 3 prongs > post doesn't do anything. > The same connection on the old ignition coil makes the...
• Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:52 -0600
  ...Seems like the failure is somewhere between the coil wire and the end of the individual ignition wires. Could the ignition wires be bad...