I was driving about 30mph and accelarated and the engine made a bump noise and shut off. i coast to the side of the road and tried to restart and it would turn over but not start. I cracked a fuel supply line at an injector an it was getting fuel. I have no idea what might cause this. Please help. Thanks

mt

 

Well, this would not be true if you are getting good fuel at the injector but my first thought would be the injection pump shutoff solenoid connection. Many of us have have it shut off because of a bad connection between the solenoid and the wiring.

To get me home, I"ve hotwired from the battery to the pump solenoid.

 

Check for 12v to the solenoid on the back injection pump if it has it and will not start then remove the plunger from the solenoid and try it.

 

anyone have a picture or turtorial about where it is/how to do that? is it that part on the injector pump that has two male electrical prongs?

 

well has 11 volts at the fuel shutoff solenoid. Tried a jumper wire direct from the battery but still just turns and turns, no starting. Any help wor input is greatly appreciated. I am stuck agaim
th

 

Try taking the fss out of the pump and remove the plunger and the spring. But the fss back on the pump and try that. If it does start you will have to use the manual shutdown lever on the side of the pump to shut it off. You can also try just using the jumper wire from the battery with the key off and listen real close for it to click when it opens and closes. I would do that before you gut it.

 

did the jumper wire n heard the clicking. Gonna gut it now and see what happens

 

Well did you get it going?

 

yes sirreee,

cut the bracket, 24mm wrench, rmoved spring and plunger, put fss cap back on and she fired right up.
thanks

oh yea i now know where the kill lever is

anyone know what the vw replacement part number is for the cheaper fss.
any experiences good or bad using the vw part?/

thanks again folks back on the road and the w250 love affair continuies

mt

 

http://www.volkswaparts.com/PumpSolenoid.htm