Re: No start! Need advice.

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:23:44 -0500 "S.Coleman" <deadbolt@mindspring.com>
writes:
> The car,..1978 VW Scirocco...engine is 1.6 8v.  I drove the car today 
> about 10ft. to move it to do the brakes on my other car.  Where it sat
I 
> started poking around.(this is always where the problems start)  I
notice 
> the firing order on this car is 1,2,3,4 clockwise.  I thought they were

> 1,3,4,2, counter-clockwise?  Anyway,...I change the plug wires around
and 
> clean the engine bay a little.  I replaced two fuses that were blown in
the 
> fuse box and that is it.  6 hours later I am done playing outside and
go to 
> move the car.  Cranks over like normal, but no start.  Crank some more
and 
> "BAM" (more like a back-fire) sound comes from engine compartment.  So
I 
> figure I need to put those plug wires back in the 1,2,3,4 order.  Do
that and 
> crank it over and it does the same back-fire thing but I notice the
rubber 
> boot over the air filter/fuel distributor kind of pops up.  It didn't
pop
> off,...it was just like the back fire deal happened inside the air 
> box.  So I pushed it back out of the way and there it sits.  Need help
on 
> this one.
> I'll check for spark and fuel tomorrow as it is late now,....just 
> seems like a timing issue to me.
> Thanks,
> Chris

On an 8V it is clockwise 1-3-4-2.

On a 16V it is CCW 1-3-4-2.

Peter
'79 Scirocco 16V project car
'83 GTI "Caged Rabbit" 
'80, '84, '88 Scirocco rollers

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