1988 16V .. no start. ideas?

[deadbolt at mindspring.com (Shad)]

yep, good points.  However if I am missing ground at the fuel pump 
relay....no reason to look for fuel at the cold start... I have pulled the 
line off the cold start and with the f/p relay jumped out... fuel is getting 
there.  So where ever I am loosing ground is preventing the f/p relay from 
doing its job and the ignition from lighting.  Any other ideas?
thanks again,
shad
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Bureau" <patrick.bureau@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Shad'" <deadbolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "'A Org, Scirocco'" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 3:41 AM
Subject: RE: 1988 16V .. no start. ideas?


> 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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