No-Start Condition: Idle Stabilizer Inspection (VLK0194AP)

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Publication date: 1970-01-01
Reference number: VLK0194AP

NO-START CONDITION: IDLE STABILIZER INSPECTION

TECHNICAL INFORMATION TIP

Reference Number(s): VLK0194AP, Date of Issue:

NO START CONDITION - IDLE STABILIZER INSPECTION

YEAR(S): 1980 & Later

MANUFACTURER: Volkswagen

MODEL(S): Vanagon Waterboxer, Rabbit

ISSUE & TIP

On 1980 and later air cooled Vanagons, early Waterboxers, and Rabbits, don't be fooled into thinking that your no-start is caused by a bad Hall generator in the distributor. In some cases the idle stabilizer unit will go bad and interrupt the signal from the distributor.

To test the idle stabilizer, just disconnect its two harness connectors. Then plug the two harness connectors together, bypassing the idle stabilizer. If you now have spark and the engine now starts, you've found your problem.

Courtesy of Import Service Magazine

with thanks to:

Rene Chanfreau

Fast German

Hawthorne, California

REFERENCE NUMBER

VLK0194AP

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