VW engine dies when closing door

On Feb 21, 8:33*am, themattfella > wrote:
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> The spark plugs were changed yesterday, before the problem occurred, for
> maintenance, not because there was anything specifically wrong with them.

You did something while changing the plugs. Have an alarm system?

gpsman > wrote in news:85ddd87a-5c89-4559-a094-
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> On Feb 20, 8:47*pm, Tegger > wrote:
>> You've got no spark.
>
> Yours is a tad weak.


And the Viagra isn't even helping.


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Tegger

On Feb 21, 2:55*pm, Tegger > wrote:
> gpsman > wrote > > On Feb 20, 8:47*pm, Tegger > wrote:
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> >> You've got no spark.
>
> > Yours is a tad weak.
>
> And the Viagra isn't even helping.

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- gpsman

themattfella wrote:

> On 02/20/2013 06:39 PM, themattfella wrote:
>> 1987 VW Jetta 4cyl 1.8 5 spd
>>
>> Engine died when closing the door.
>>
>> Engine dies whenever the button inside the door frame is pushed, even
>> when revving the engine.
>>
>> Please advise.
>
>
> As soon as the door switch is pressed the Tachometer bottoms out even
> before the engine finishes dying.

As others have theorized, bad grounds.

Is this vehicle rusting out?

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