[T2] Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.

[T2] Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.

accessys at smart.net accessys at smart.net
Mon Sep 12 07:44:43 PDT 2016


very true one of the weak points of the type 2 basic design

Bob


On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Rob wrote:

> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:42:33 -0400
> From: Rob <vwrobb at gmail.com>
> To: type2 at type2.com
> Subject: Re: [T2] Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
> 
> I have never gone wrong adding another ground on a VW.
>
> Rob
> vwrobb at gmail.com
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:16 AM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I some years ago added a redundant ground path directly from the battery
>> to the engine,  in my case a very heavy wire #O gauge from battery terminal
>> to the bolt that holds the coil to the engine. but any solid engine point
>> would probably work.
>>
>> I did not remove the factory grounding path but rather added another.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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