Re: Roc with 84 GTI engine wont turn over

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

where are you? I live in Seattle as well and happen to know alot of the VW's 
in the area. Your q about turning the engine over by hand doesn't sound like 
a veery good noise/feeling


>From: bill yeckel <a-willy@microsoft.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Roc with 84 GTI engine wont turn over
>Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 16:25:19 -0700
>
>Hello people I have been reading this list for a while, but now I need some
>advice.  I recently acquired a 79 scirocco with a 84 GTI 1.8L engine in it.
>And the thing wont turn over.  Here is what I have found so far.
>
>-The battery is fine(tested at 13v)
>-The engine is not frozen from rust, turned it with a wrench(this is what I
>suspected because the car has been sitting outside in the Seattle rain for 
>a
>year and a half.  With out being run.)
>-When I turn the car over it make a click and then a chunk sound like its
>stuck.
>
>So I guess what I'm wondering is doesn't this sound like a starter
>problem???  Or is it timing?  Or...I was hoping someone might have some 
>more
>info before I going digging into it even deeper.
>
>Thanks
>
>-Bill
>
>79 scirocco (still recovering from neglect)
>
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Chris DeLong
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