My wifes 2 litre 1995 Mk3 cab has a curious problem - after a long period of reliability the battery has died during the winter period so it was replaced with a nice shiny Bosch silver. This is probably unrelated but its the only thing that has happened, apart from replacing the seats and door cards.
The first time the car was taken out it was driven about 10 miles and then parked. After an hour we tried to start it but it would not fire.
There is a fast clicking in the fusebox which appears to be relay 167 (white one) and I can see sparking across the contacts as it clicks in and out - 3 to 5 clicks a second. I also noticed that if I put some load on the battery by either putting lights on or by putting the fan heater on, the clicking speed increases and also the revcounter moves up to about 900rpm (engine not turning).
I had the car recovered to home, still would not start. Tried again next morning and it started! No clicking relay, all ok. Tried again that night, back to clicking relay and no fire. Battery is fully charged. Occasionally there is no fault but most of the time there is.
Changing the relay has not helped.
I have found since that there are 2 immobilisers fitted, I have unplugged these and the relay still clicks. I am guessing that this is a bad earth somewhere but would appreciate any advice. I have had the fusebox out, and apart from all the butchering that someone previous has done to get the immobies in, it all looks fine.
Thanks in advance for all help.
The first time the car was taken out it was driven about 10 miles and then parked. After an hour we tried to start it but it would not fire.
There is a fast clicking in the fusebox which appears to be relay 167 (white one) and I can see sparking across the contacts as it clicks in and out - 3 to 5 clicks a second. I also noticed that if I put some load on the battery by either putting lights on or by putting the fan heater on, the clicking speed increases and also the revcounter moves up to about 900rpm (engine not turning).
I had the car recovered to home, still would not start. Tried again next morning and it started! No clicking relay, all ok. Tried again that night, back to clicking relay and no fire. Battery is fully charged. Occasionally there is no fault but most of the time there is.
Changing the relay has not helped.
I have found since that there are 2 immobilisers fitted, I have unplugged these and the relay still clicks. I am guessing that this is a bad earth somewhere but would appreciate any advice. I have had the fusebox out, and apart from all the butchering that someone previous has done to get the immobies in, it all looks fine.
Thanks in advance for all help.
