need help to were the wires go![Mk2] [NA] starter motor wires, need help screwed up majorly!
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[Mk2] [NA] starter motor wires, need help screwed up majorly!
i was putting my starter motor back on today, i put the wires back how i thought they came off, how wrong was i!!! smoking coming from engine bay. need help to were the wires go!
need help to were the wires go!Re: [Mk2] [NA] starter motor wires, need help screwed up majorly!
BUMP!
Really need some help if anyones knows, or could go and look at there 2?
i have a n/a rev 1, if theres difference between the revs?
Really need some help if anyones knows, or could go and look at there 2?
i have a n/a rev 1, if theres difference between the revs?
Re: [Mk2] [NA] starter motor wires, need help screwed up majorly!
I thought they were all the same TBH. There should be three wires in all. One has a small plug connector and goes on the side of the starter motor. The other two, one being a ring connector I think and the other being square IIRC, both go onto the same contact point on the motor.
There should be three wires in all. One has a small plug connector and goes on the side of the starter motor. The other two, one being a ring connector I think and the other being square IIRC, both go onto the same contact point on the motor.Re: [Mk2] [NA] starter motor wires, need help screwed up majorly!
thats what i thought! must be a fault somewhere else! 
is there an earth for the starter motor?
is there an earth for the starter motor?
Re: [Mk2] [NA] starter motor wires, need help screwed up majorly!
does it work the startermotor when you turn the key?
Bad practise here but what i would do is get someone to turn the key while you look for the source of smoke. Might be a bad earth!
Also check that the startermotor terminals are all straight and not touching the casing as the s/motor earths through the case.
Bad practise here but what i would do is get someone to turn the key while you look for the source of smoke.
Might be a bad earth!Also check that the startermotor terminals are all straight and not touching the casing as the s/motor earths through the case.
Re: [Mk2] [NA] starter motor wires, need help screwed up majorly!
once i stopped flapping, as this happened an hour befor i had to leave for the week 
and thought about it, it must be an earthing fault because it was a sensor wire which was smoking, and as electricity goes though the path ofleast resistance and obviously sensor wires dn't carry half as much amps as the starter motor, must be a eathing fault :S, shame i dn't get back till saturday, was a pain in the ass this is! hoping i haven't done to much damage to the loom 
and thought about it, it must be an earthing fault because it was a sensor wire which was smoking, and as electricity goes though the path ofleast resistance and obviously sensor wires dn't carry half as much amps as the starter motor, must be a eathing fault :S, shame i dn't get back till saturday, was a pain in the ass this is! hoping i haven't done to much damage to the loom