Re: '81 16v conversion: Won't start.

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

do you have spark? if you don't have spark then the fuel pump relay is not 
going to know when to turn on.

>From: "Dave Novak" <toastworks@hotmail.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: '81 16v conversion: Won't start.
>Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 13:58:36 PDT
>
>I was already set up for this one. It couldn't possibly start right up
>without an incident.
>
>I stuck a 1.8 16v in my '81 Scirocco.
>
>It'll crank just fine.
>
>I disovered the fuel pump wasn't pumping as the engine was cranking. If I
>hook power right up to the pump, it pumps fine.
>
>If I jump the pump, and crank the engine, it still doesn't catch. I get an
>extreme pressure build-up right before the CIS-E distributor, and it starts
>to spray this fine mist of gas everywhere. It shouldn't be pressurized THAT
>much.
>
>Are these two problems related?
>
>I did all the elecrical tests on the wiring harness, and everything checked
>out Ok. I'm really jonesing to get this thing running.
>
>Thanks in advance... You've all rescued me in the past...
>
>
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Chris DeLong
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'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'80 PU (slammed to the curb)
'61 17 Window




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