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rough starts
I was thinking mine (the 87 16V) had a bad ignition switch or a bad ground
in its latest round of bad starting, but it was in fact an issue internal
to the starter itself. If you have access to a spare one, that may be
something else to try out.
Cathy
On 9:22 pm 11/27/06 "LEF" <rocco16@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I agree: the grounds.
> My 16v acted the same way until I cleaned ALL the grounds. After
> that, the starter barely cranks before the engine is idling.
>
> larry
> sandiego16v
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daun Yeagley
> To: steve hartman ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: rough starts
>
>
>
> --- steve hartman <shyrockfreak@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> my problem is that when i go to start it
> > from it sitting over
> > night, it takes forever and most of the time it won't
> > start unless i fiddle
> > with the key while trying to crank it, i.e. after letting
> > it crank a few
> > cycles, i'll let the key go and turn it back to start.
> > the motor will sound
> > like compression is released then it'll start. when it's
> > warm it'll will
> > take a few cycles and mostly start right up, sometimes
> > i'll let go of the
> > key after a few cycles and it'll start. i've tried
> > changing th cold start
> > valve, i think there's something else....
>
> The first thing I would do is check your grounds and maybe
> add a couple. This is a known weak spot in Sciroccos
> especially with the 16v engine.
>
> Then, check to see if the cold start valve is actually
> spraying fuel. Remove the valve and use a container to
> catch the fuel. With the car cold, crank it over and see
> if the CSV sprays. If not, then you might want to look
> into what gives the valve it's signal. (My Bentley is down
> in the hangar or I'd go more in depth here....
> Incidentally, if you don't have a Bentley manual, GET ONE.
> They're worth more than their weight in gold.)
>
> Removei now have gas
> > coming out of the
> > fuel pressure regulator ( the part that is right above
> > the pump on top of
> > the gas tank lip...?!?!)
>
> ???
>
> I'm not sure I follow here. Do you mean the plastic
> reservoir above the fuel pump? That could cause some
> issue, but since it's between the tank and the pump I doubt
> that's the cause of your starting problem.
>
> The Bentley should list the fuel pressures you're looking
> for - it'd be based on the engine management system (i.e.
> CIS-E) and not the engine itself. I would imagine they're
> likely identical since both CIS-E and Motronic use the same
> fuel pump. (I think...)
>
> HTH!
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '80 Scirocco '81 Scirocco S 16v to be?
> '86 Scirocco 8v '88 Scirocco 16v
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!) '96 Passat GLX Wagon
> '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts -
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
>
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