That sounds like it. I'll try. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> To: "HotelWestfalia" <zolo@foxinternet.net> Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...
I see the ground for that pump located at "30": "near relay panel" My guess is the star ground thing above relay panel. Maybe a poor ground = you see 12V, but not enough current? Neil. On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM, HotelWestfalia <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > I'm trying to run the windshield washer bottle's pump. Pulling the arm, I > got 12 Volt reading but the motor won't run. Took it out, tried it with a > battery's power and it was running great. Now, I can only think of that > the 12 Volt I got is not powerful enough. How do I measure if it has > enough power? And how am I going to improve on it? Apparently not every 12 > Volt is as powerful as the other. > Not understanding it yet. > This is an '88 Vanagon, A/T. > The List is my only help, other than myself and the Vanagon Bible. > Zoltan >
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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