Re: Hard starting / Spark plug wires - fixed?

[Mike VanAmburgh <vmichael12@qwest.net>]

Well, I changed the coil over from my wrecked 88 and the car seems to be
starting much better now.  I tried swapping this before, but don't think
I had the ground wire connected when I did it.  The car has started
first turn ever since.  The true test will be tomorrow morning.  :-)

Thanks to everyone who gave me advice!  

Mike

Leo Almeida wrote:
> 
> check if your Distributor cap is wet. I had the same
> prob before.
> 
> Leo 1987 16v
> --- Mike VanAmburgh <vmichael12@qwest.net> wrote:
> > I'm still trying to get the bugs worked out of this
> > 87 16V I took over
> > recently.  The most frustrating thing with it is
> > that it only starts
> > when it wants to and hardly ever on the first turn.
> > This morning I had
> > to crank it 10 times before it finally decided to
> > start.  It doesn't
> > seem to matter if the car is cold or already warmed
> > up.  Sometimes it
> > will start, but other times I end up killing the
> > battery trying to get
> > it to start.  Strangely, a lot of times it will
> > start when the battery
> > is real weak and the starter is barely cranking.  I
> > started simple and
> > swapped out the spark plugs yesterday with the Bosch
> > OEM 3-prong plugs
> > (non-platinum).  It seemed to start quicker that
> > day, but now it's back
> > to its old routine.  The car runs MUCH stronger due
> > to the old plugs
> > being completely trashed (missing electrode on #3
> > plug).  I've thought
> > of replacing the cold start valve off my other
> > motor, but I'm not too
> > sure this is the problem since it seems to act up
> > when warm too.  Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > I priced some spark plug wires yesterday.  Anyone
> > ever hear of Magnacore
> > (sp?) plugs?  They are $106 for the set and are 8.5
> > mm.  Worth it?
> > Another strange thing is that the place who quoted
> > me 106 for the
> > Magnacore claim that the OEM wires are $160.  The
> > dealer quoted me $85
> > for the OEM 7mm Bosch wires.  WTF?  Is the dealer
> > misquoting me again?
> >
> > Mike
> >
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> =====
> 
> LEO -  87 Scirocco 16V/SFBA-VW/SCIROCCO.ORG
> 
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