Is there a short or sticky contact in the ignition switch? The same thing happened to my '96 Jetta, and it turned out to be a sticky contact. Whenever I would jiggle the ignition key in the "run" position, the engine would sputter. Sudhir On 11/12/06, Roger Van Till <rvantill@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I'm at my wit's end. My 79 Rabbit died while idling the other day. I > have spark and fuel with the starter engaged. Let key back to run > position and it dies. > I bought this for a winter beater. It ran great before this came up. > Has to be something simple/stupid but I'm new to Rabbits. > Roger Van Till > '89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" > '86 GL "Sugaree" > '81 L "CoJack" > www.busesbythebeach.com > http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/rainfly.htm > |
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