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Date:         Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:30:31 -0600
Reply-To:     tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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From:         tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
Organization: Tippen Ringware
Subject:      Re: how many grounds
Comments: To: Kevin Carrubba <CTTAPER@AOL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <04831528.4F795BF2.0014F10B@aol.com>
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Last summer I pulled all the ground bundles off of the driver's side of the engine. There are 2 grounding points on a 1.9 (as I remember), and they are quite obvious. I power wire brushed the engine at those points with my trusty makita drill. Then it was cut off all ground lugs on the wire bundles, followed by brand new lugs. Screw the lugs back in place. Lastly a healthy spray of Bullfrog cleaner/corrosion blocker.

I unplugged all engine connectors one at a time and used Bullfrog on them also.

All intermittant problems disappeared, it starts within 1 second even at 20 below zero, and my mileage went from 14.5 to just about 20.

Tom

On 6 Mar 2004 at 17:12, Kevin Carrubba wrote:

> Hi Everyone, > Well my intermitant problem is no longer intermitant. So after unplugging the Oxygen sensor it did nothing so checking all the grounds again the 2 on the drivers side head are clean and tight as well at the tranny ground. Are there any more to check? > Thanks > Kevin > 87 Westy >

------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx 85 Westphalia GL Albert 96 Jetta GL The Intimidator taring@taring.org

"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn fast and come out dead." Stirling Moss


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