vr6 won't turn over

[gez110]

Hi Guys,

I have a 96 VR6. I bought it as an accidient damage repairable. The only way I can start it is by pushing it and bump starting.

The battery has 12.65 volts but drops to 6 volts when I try to start. Ive tried a heavy duty battery from my daily mk5 tdi and it made no difference. I've tested the starter motor outside the car and it works fine. The engine seems to be held back somehow. I've even removed all the plugs and tried to turn it over. It did turn over slowly but soon stopped. I've also tried a direct feed to the starter without success

Any idea's? Could it be a seized alternator or air con compressor? Or does it sound like my engines seizing up?

Cheers

Steve

[DCmk3]

Are you sure the starter motor is not dead/dying?

[gez110]

Hi

Thanks for the reply, its the third starter I've tried. It engages and spins fine out of the car and you can hear it enage when fitted to the car so i'm fairly sure its ok. It does get very hot. Do you know any other way to test the starter?

Cheers

Steve

[sharki786]

sure you got the right type (AMP & CCA) as vr6's need more power from the battery to turn & fire.

[Gti_Jamo]

Could be the starter is earthed badly. Worth checking the earth points underneath the battery tray or run a separate earth with a jump lead and see if it makes any difference.

[GOLF-MK3-GTI]

Hi Guys,

I have a 96 VR6. I bought it as an accidient damage repairable. The only way I can start it is by pushing it and bump starting.

The battery has 12.65 volts but drops to 6 volts when I try to start. Ive tried a heavy duty battery from my daily mk5 tdi and it made no difference. I've tested the starter motor outside the car and it works fine. The engine seems to be held back somehow. I've even removed all the plugs and tried to turn it over. It did turn over slowly but soon stopped. I've also tried a direct feed to the starter without success

Any idea's? Could it be a seized alternator or air con compressor? Or does it sound like my engines seizing up?

Cheers

Steve

Cant the above highlighted make the chain jump a tooth or two??

[Gti_Jamo]

Doubt it would jump a tooth but bump starting isn't good for the chains thats for sure.

[gez110]

sure you got the right type (AMP & CCA) as vr6's need more power from the battery to turn & fire.

I've tried the battery of my 2.0 TDI which exceeds the battery spec for the VR.

[gez110]

Could be the starter is earthed badly. Worth checking the earth points underneath the battery tray or run a separate earth with a jump lead and see if it makes any difference.

I've checked the earth points under the tray, they looked clean and rust free, but will remove and clean them up to be sure.

[gez110]

Doubt it would jump a tooth but bump starting isn't good for the chains thats for sure.

I agree, I've only done it twice. 1st time before i bought it to check it did run and the second time when i backed of the trailer  so I could get it up my drive