My wee Golf's been off the road over the winter, few things needed doing. Finally completed reassembling everything i'd stripped out last year, went to start it:
- No starter motor
- No clicking noise
- Fuel pump audibly running when key at position 3
- Battery smoking
I say battery smoking, i didn't actually see the smoke coming out of the battery, but there's not much else right there in the engine bay. Acrid smell.
The engine turns free enough (compression resistance excepted) using a bar on the crank pulley.
Lights and central locking still work (although i've since disconnected the battery).
At a guess i'm going to say starter motor.
Google says i should be checking for 12v at the spade connector with the fatter wire on the solenoid. Then it says it should short the two posts and see if the starter motor spins.
There's a possibility that in reassembling the engine's ancilliaries i've missed reconnecting a plug somewhere. I disturbed a lot of connectors around the fuel rail area, although not much in the vicinity of the gearbox.
Any tips or pointers? Anything jump out? Warnings?
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