It is Home

[dagnamit at gmail.com (Brian Wagner)]

Allyn,

I have check the boot and it is crack free, I am going to check plate hiegth 
and DPR next. I can say in all the years of tinkering with these damn things 
I have never came across this before. Will take some time but I'll get it.

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@tds.net>
To: "'Scirocco list'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 9:05 PM
Subject: RE: It is Home

> Back pressure on the plate does indeed come from the fuel pressure itself, 
> so higher than normal pressure is a possibility, but in
> that same case, it would be more difficult to manually raise the plate. 
> Even with a frozen fuel pressure regulator, it is unlikely
> that the plate would stay "down hard" under starting vacuum, so I wouldn't 
> discount a split intake boot or some other cause of
> insufficient vacuum at the flap as possibilities.  Full vacuum across that 
> plate results in ~90 lbs of force.
>
> HTH
> Al
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Wagner [mailto:dagnamit@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:37 PM
>> To: Scirocco list
>> Subject: It is Home
>>
>> All right with the help of a friend with a trailer the 88 is home.
>>
>> Started looking at it right away with in 1 hr I had it
>> started but can't get it to idle. and after you let the revs
>> down it won't start again. Now to over come this and it works
>> every time and the idle is smooth, if I remove the intake
>> boot and raise the air flow flap with the key on and hold it
>> for a second and give it a shot of fuel it fires. Then by
>> manipulating the throttle and the flap at the same time the
>> car idles perfectly, I have noticed also as the ignition is
>> keyed the flow plate is pushed down hard, so the air is not
>> over coming the the pressure which is not allowing the fuel
>> to be metered (thats why when I do it manually it runs). All
>> right collective what is the cause of this problem I am
>> thinking fuel pressure regulator is not reducing the fuel
>> pressure to the metering valve, causing the high pressure at
>> the metering valve (I took the vacuum line at the FPR and it
>> smells of gas). Let me know what your thoughts are on this
>> and it is an 88 16v.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian
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