Engine: TDI: Start....stop - TDI owners

[Luxobarge]

Originally Posted by volvo-express

I replaced the item....they are £50 on Ebay.

Looking at the item after taking it apart.....all they are is a coil of copper wire soldered onto 2 pins. I dare say one could rewind, solder and use good contact cleaner and save a few quid. I might experiment with faulty one and give feedback.

Yep, that's it. Lots of posts on this forum from others with the same fault indicating that it's usually just bad contacts, a thorough clean and you've probably got a serviceable spare part there. If you do experiment, let us know what you find? Cheers!

[DaveNP]

Originally Posted by volvo-express

I replaced the item....they are £50 on Ebay.

Looking at the item after taking it apart.....all they are is a coil of copper wire soldered onto 2 pins. I dare say one could rewind, solder and use good contact cleaner and save a few quid. I might experiment with faulty one and give feedback.

When I swapped mine out I poked and prodded at the old one to try to find the fault and concluded there was actually nothing wrong with it other than the contacts had got mucky over time, other times I've had contact problems just pulling the plug off and on a few times has done enough to make it work.

[Martin Cox]

How I missed seeing your post at the time I'm not sure but my immediate thought was the antenna ring. it's a stock fault athough I've not been unlucky enough to experience it myself.

My main point is to say thanks for the update. it's so useful to know how a problem is resolved.

Martin

1998 V70 Tdi auto 228,000 miles

[Baffler]

Originally Posted by Martin Cox

My main point is to say thanks for the update. it's so useful to know how a problem is resolved.

Agree with Martin. Thanks for the update!