1995 jetta diesel remote starter
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Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Printed Date: April 28, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Topic: 1995 jetta diesel remote starter
Posted By: habco1
Subject: 1995 jetta diesel remote starter
Date Posted: March 05, 2007 at 10:06 PM
I am trying to install a remote starter in a 1995 Jetta diesel and cannot find the glow plug wire or a tach signal strong enough. I tried the wires at the back of the instrument cluster but they did not work. Does anyone have any insight to this problem.
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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: March 06, 2007 at 6:51 PM
Most of those require some type of tach generator. | TACH SIGNAL | Lt.green | In harness on left of steering column | AC | | | | Provides a 4 cylinder signal. |
| GLO-PLUG SIGNAL | GREEN / WHITE | In harness on left of steering column | - |
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Posted By: habco1
Date Posted: April 09, 2007 at 3:25 PM
Those colors do not exist on this vehicle. I have found the glow plug signal at the fuse box (RED / white heavy guage) going to the glow plug fusible link. I still cannot find a compatible tach wire. Can you help?
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: April 09, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Check for a white behind the guage cluster. -------------
Posted By: gus1
Date Posted: April 10, 2007 at 2:21 PM
Or, if all else fails, "W" terminal on the alternator.
You may not have a tach signal in the normal sense unless the car is a TDI. From what I remember, the TD were non computer controlled, mechanically injected, and they didn't use a tach signal for anything. Can't remember how they generate a signal if there is a tach in the dash either....... seem to remember an injector sensor of some sort (been a while since I have been under the hood of a VW diesel that old....... most of the ones that I work on are all 99.5 or newer MKIV cars)
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Wherever I go, that is where I end up......
Posted By: habco1
Date Posted: April 10, 2007 at 4:43 PM
Thanks guy's I will try these. One question though does the remote starter have to have the option of using the alternator signal to use it or does it just use this signal in place of the tach signal?
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: April 10, 2007 at 7:16 PM
Ya, I remember straping onto the alt. with a tach generator. As I stated in my first post.
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Posted By: habco1
Date Posted: April 11, 2007 at 7:39 PM
This might be a strange question but what are you talking about when you mention a tach generator. I have been doing these starters for qutie a few years but I have never come across this term. Can you help me out?
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: April 12, 2007 at 9:51 AM
Well, I'm not sure of other remote start manufacturers....but Astro has a module that you "strap" to the center of the alternator, in line with the stator core. It picks up on the electronic field that the alternator creates, and gives you a tach reading.  -------------
Posted By: habco1
Date Posted: April 12, 2007 at 9:44 PM
Thanks guy's, this information is excellent as usual.
Posted By: habco1
Date Posted: April 14, 2007 at 10:58 AM
The vehile was finished without a hitch. Thanks for all your help. I did not need to strap a tach generator to the alternator because the terminal W was available and gave a strong enough AC signal. Thanks again.
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