RE: '81 16v conversion: Won't start.

[Ewan Hopkins <Ewan.Hopkins@computeraid.co.uk>]

The relay should switch on for a few seconds when it first gets power, with
or without a spark.  This is presumably so that you aren't cranking the
system unnecessarily waiting for the pump to get up to speed.

Ewan Hopkins.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris DeLong [mailto:green536@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 11 August 1999 09:04
> To: toastworks@hotmail.com
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: '81 16v conversion: Won't start.
> 
> 
> 
> do you have spark? if you don't have spark then the fuel pump 
> relay is not 
> going to know when to turn on.
> 
> >From: "Dave Novak" <toastworks@hotmail.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: '81 16v conversion: Won't start.
> >Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 13:58:36 PDT
> >
> >I was already set up for this one. It couldn't possibly 
> start right up
> >without an incident.
> >
> >I stuck a 1.8 16v in my '81 Scirocco.
> >
> >It'll crank just fine.
> >
> >I disovered the fuel pump wasn't pumping as the engine was 
> cranking. If I
> >hook power right up to the pump, it pumps fine.
> >
> >If I jump the pump, and crank the engine, it still doesn't 
> catch. I get an
> >extreme pressure build-up right before the CIS-E 
> distributor, and it starts
> >to spray this fine mist of gas everywhere. It shouldn't be 
> pressurized THAT
> >much.
> >
> >Are these two problems related?
> >
> >I did all the elecrical tests on the wiring harness, and 
> everything checked
> >out Ok. I'm really jonesing to get this thing running.
> >
> >Thanks in advance... You've all rescued me in the past...
> >
> >
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> Chris DeLong
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