T4 transporter

vwrx Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 9 May 2010, 5:26 pm

#777533

Hi, I have a 1994 t4 transporter that will not start!! when i turn the ignition key the thermo fan starts and the post pump activates. and will not turn over at all. I can push start the van and it runs fine! Can anyone help?>

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11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 May 2010, 5:33 pm

#777535

Sounds like a dud ignition switch

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2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 9 May 2010, 8:33 pm

#777616

11CAB wrote:Sounds like a dud ignition switch

This is a fairly common problem,switch contacts aren't too hard to fit.

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 9 May 2010, 11:15 pm

#777670

yep happened to my 98 a while back
not to hard to sort

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2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 17 May 2010, 8:31 am

#779074

Could also be the power supply relay - some Golf Mk3s also have this problem - VW fitted some Spanish-made electrical parts in the mid '90s and these get dry joints inside them.

Take it to a VW workshop that knows modern VWs - and it's a simple fix. Genuine VW dealerships will also fix it easily, but their labour costs are somewhat higher.

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6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 17 May 2010, 12:16 pm

#779109

Sticky starter...

turn the key, get someone with a hammer to thump (but not destroy) the starter... the 'throw-out' shaft getting goo-ed up is a pretty common thing.

As a matter of fact i had to give my brothers car teh 'whack' this morning. Starters are pretty robust, u would need a sledge hammer to destroy them, so whats a normal hammer going to do... don't be afraid to be a little rough.

solution? well, if the whack makes it work, then u know its the prob. Pull it apart, clean it up, and regrease with appropriate lube and see how you go :P

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