1988 16V .. no start. ideas?

[patrick.bureau at gmail.com (Patrick Bureau)]

Well thinking you have gas is one thing , having gas is another..

Pull cold-start injector put into a glass jar and try to start car, you
should be getting a spray. If not fix 

Check spark at distributor cap (center pin) if no spark, fix accumulator
(coil) if you have spark, check spark at plug 1 tip (on the distributor cap)
if no spark, replace rotor in distributor cap.

Clean spark plugs/replace them



-----Original Message-----
From: Shad [mailto:deadbolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 12:32 AM
To: scirocco list
Subject: 1988 16V .. no start. ideas?

Ok,...have an old neighbors car right now that has sat for sometime.
(longer than mine ) Jumped out the fuel pump.... both pumps "sound" like
they are pumping.  Power at the correct terminals on the fuel pump relay...
no ground on the small upper right terminal though. (shouldn't it have
ground there?)   Also,... no spark.  that said, the plugs don't look great
so I have that in mind.  Bentley is at buddys house for him to play with, so
I'm going off of memory here... if I jump out a terminal on the knock
sensor, won't the dizzy. spark so that I can verify all is good to that
point?  Seems that I have a bad ignition module... but unsure at this point.
Seems that I lost ground on my cars fuel pump relay years ago and the ground
fed through the knock sensor and into the ignition module or something like
that.  Any help?
thanks
shad
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