Need some help

[tyrone27 at gmail.com (Derrick floyd)]

check plugs and wires.  pull the plugs and put it on the motor while holding
the sparkplug went of the wires with a pair of pliers to see if its
sparking.  do this to each spark plug.  and if its not sparking start back
tracking the ignition system from there to the distributor to the coil to
the ECU.  If it sparks check fuel and back track from there.  it could be
the fuel pumps.  if they aren't getting enough voltage it won't start and it
will smell like gas.  if the plugs aren't getting enough current it won't
fire right.  check the timing.  your belt could have jumped a tooth and it
won't start.  check compression you could have some thing internally wrong
and it won't start.  break out holy red bentley bible and neal and then pray
to the vw gods for it to work and then check the wiring to see if everything
is getting the right voltage.

On 12/30/06, Lance LaPrarie <sciroccojunky@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Found out that the fast clicking sound is my idle stabalizer. I am pretty
> sure it isn't supposed to click like that. This is a Motronic ISV to go
> with
> the Motronic conversion. The motor started up like a top before the storm.
> Started with the lights off and no arcing and shorting.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> On 12/29/06, levi perkins <subawrxsti@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > i had similar problem in my 89 golf i ran it through a big puddle and it
> > just died it ended up being the distributor got wet and was grounding
> out
> > and then a week later i replaced the coil after it died on me
> >
> > Marc Getty <marc@getty.net> wrote:   Lance LaPrarie wrote:
> > > Well.......wouldn't start at all. It's been two weeks and
> > > still can't get it to start. Has gas since cranking it over
> > > you can smell it. This morning I did notice that after cranking
> > > it over there was a series of snaps that sound like a tazer.
> > > There is like 5 or 6 in a row. I know there is the buzz from
> > > the fuel distributor but that doesn't make a snapping sound.
> >
> > You have a short somewhere. The tazer sounding snaps are the sound of
> your
> > car shorting. The pertinent question is: "Where is it shorting?" Wait
> > until
> > it is dark, open the hood, get someone to crank the car for you while
> you
> > look to see where it is shorting. There should be a spark or you can at
> > least 'play it by ear' to narrow down where the short is. Explore from
> > there. My guess is that it will be near the coil.
> >
> > I had a problem somewhat in the same realm with my Cali a few months
> back.
> > During or just after rain it would crank but not turn over. You could
> > smell
> > a little bit of fuel. If you let it dry out it became A-OK. It was the
> > ground wire to the coil - it was not grounding very well. Cleaned it off
> > ?ber-well and now all is well in any weather.
> >
> > -Marc
> >
> > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> > '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
> > '84 VW Rabbit GTI Pickup Truck
> >
> >
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