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Car No Go



Check simple things first.
Battery not holding enough charge ( Ihad this problem on my old 8v)
Starter drawing too much current (Bad Starter)
Bad Grounds.
Timing
Distributor
Spark from distributor.

HTH


On 11/8/06, Nate Lowe <nlowe79@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The car and I both just got a lovely ride in a tow truck to get home
> tonight. I stopped for gas, filled up, then tried to start her up to
> leave.
> It turns over and over but will never "catch" and start running. It's been
> hard to start lately, takes a good 5-10 seconds to finally start up.
> Before
> tonight, I could try for 2-3 seconds, turn the key to the "on" position
> (before it started running), wait a second, then turn it to start again
> and
> it would start much easier the second time. It also started fine whenever
> it
> was warm. I know the "it just won't start" symptom is vague, but that's
> all
> I have to go on right now. Ironically, this happened while I was looking
> at
> a GTI I wanted to pick up as a daily. Maybe she's just jealous.
> Nate
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)