Re: '84 GTI cold running problem

[William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com>]

So what's a good test for leaking injectors... pull all 4 and sit 'em on
the valve cover, and run the fuel pump and see if any of 'em drip?
	Thanks for the tip!
	-Josiah



On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 18:37:36 -0500 "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>
writes:
>I would guess that maybe you have an injector that's leaking....  so 
>when
>you turn the car off, that individual injector line loses it's 
>pressure.
>So, upon restarting the car (after it sits awhile) it takes a bit to 
>get
>fuel back to the injector.  I know this is common on diesel VW's, and 
>I'm
>convinced it happens with gas ones too
>
>John
>
>'87 16v Scirocco
>and lots of other stuff
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>
>>> When I first start my '84 GTI, it runs roughly, almost like it's on 
>3
>>> cylinders, for about 45 seconds, and then abruptly runs fine. 
>Sometimes
>>
>>I have exactly the same problem with my '84 GTX ( injection) :
>>it starts immediately and with no problems but then
>>it runs roughly on three cylinders the first few seconds.
>>then it runs really fine on all cylinders with good performance.
>>
>>I checked ignition-wires and plugs but found nothing so far.
>>
>>as I'm not too familar with the woes of an injection
>>( drove carburated cars  all my life so far )
>>maybe somebody has a hint for us ....
>>
>>Greetings
>>Dirk
>>
>>
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