Re: Update on No Start

["Dan Brideau \(Home\)" <dan@hobbyetc.com>]

Did you take your distributor apart?  If you did, you may have put the
drive washer thing on 180' wrong.  if this is the case, you will still
have spark, just at the wrong time.  If you never took your
distributor apart, don't mess with this.

(you have a 16V, right?)

The rotor needs to be pointing at the #1 cylinder mark when the #1
piston is all the way to the top of it's stroke, and both #1 cylinder
valves are closed (pointy part of cams sticking up).  You can shine a
light through the oil filler hole to see where the cams are pointing
to check this. There are also marks on the cam pullies for doing these
kinds of things.  The #1 cyl is farthest from the trans. by the way.

It's my opinion, that there isn't enough range of adjustment on a 16V
to be so far out of time that the engine woulden't at least try to
start.

Another case is that you have a weak spark.  Do you remember what
color the spark was?  Blue = run yellow/orange = not run.

Hope this helps ,

Dan Brideau
http://www.hobbyetc.com/scirocco/



----- Original Message -----
From: Sal Guzzo
To: GTI ; Scirocco list ; VW Club
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: Update on No Start


Here's what I did today (and no she didn't start)? I checked for spark
and there's was spark between the five wires and the distributor. I
also sprayed quick start in the TB and it still didn't catch. Like I
said, she keeps turning over but doesn't wanna catch.  Plugs, wires,
distributor, rotor, battery, starter, alt. and fuel filter are all
new. There are no tears in the TB boot nor any broken vacuum lines.
Anything missing? Timing? SHould I check the timing? If so, how do I
do that? TIA

Sal Guzzo


81 Scirocco S (16V to be)
81 Scirocco (motorless and directionless)
84 Rabbit (now Gti)
84 Scirocco Wolfsburg
67 Peugeot 404


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