Installed new head, engine wont start...

[rtom@yahoo.com (Russ Tom)]

Mr Audi,

You were right.  Whatever small amount of oil I put
into the cylinders was enough to wet the plugs.  I
took them out, sprayed a little Gumout on 'em and it
sputtered to a start.

Thanks all for you're postings.

Russ

--- MrAudi <vze3pj7t@verizon.net> wrote:
> exactly how much oil did you pour down the spark
> plug holes?? plugs will not
> fire if they have a coating of oil on them.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Tom" <rtom@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 11:28 PM
> Subject: Installed new head, engine wont start...
> 
> 
> > Help!  I just reinstalled my p/p head tonight and
> am
> > having trouble getting the car to start.  I
> greased
> > the camshafts, poored some oil down the sparkplug
> > holes, made sure that the distributor was
> correctly
> > installed, #1 piston TDC, camshaft gear and valve
> > cover marking aligned for #1 TDC, etc.
> >
> > The car won't start.  It hadn't been started for
> about
> > 6 weeks, so after it didn't start the after the
> first
> > few tries, I drained the battery.  I charged it
> and
> > tried again.  It still didn't work.  I used jumper
> > cables to my wife's jetta and managed to get the
> > starter cable to the battery to smoke, then gave
> up
> > because it was getting dark.
> >
> > Any thoughts?  Is this normal on a dry motor?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Russ
> >
> >
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