Installed new head, engine wont start...

[vze3pj7t@verizon.net (MrAudi)]

yyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for me!!!!!!! haha just kidding.
i'm glad to hear you got it running!! another rocco lives on......

Jason Neubold
85 Maroon 8v
86 Tornado Red 16v
85 Tornado Red Audi Coupe GT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Tom" <rtom@yahoo.com>
To: "scirocco-mail list" <Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: Installed new head, engine wont start...


> Mr Audi,
>
> You were right.  Whatever small amount of oil I put
> into the cylinders was enough to wet the plugs.  I
> took them out, sprayed a little Gumout on 'em and it
> sputtered to a start.
>
> Thanks all for you're postings.
>
> Russ
>
> --- MrAudi <vze3pj7t@verizon.net> wrote:
> > exactly how much oil did you pour down the spark
> > plug holes?? plugs will not
> > fire if they have a coating of oil on them.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Russ Tom" <rtom@yahoo.com>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 11:28 PM
> > Subject: Installed new head, engine wont start...
> >
> >
> > > Help!  I just reinstalled my p/p head tonight and
> > am
> > > having trouble getting the car to start.  I
> > greased
> > > the camshafts, poored some oil down the sparkplug
> > > holes, made sure that the distributor was
> > correctly
> > > installed, #1 piston TDC, camshaft gear and valve
> > > cover marking aligned for #1 TDC, etc.
> > >
> > > The car won't start.  It hadn't been started for
> > about
> > > 6 weeks, so after it didn't start the after the
> > first
> > > few tries, I drained the battery.  I charged it
> > and
> > > tried again.  It still didn't work.  I used jumper
> > > cables to my wife's jetta and managed to get the
> > > starter cable to the battery to smoke, then gave
> > up
> > > because it was getting dark.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?  Is this normal on a dry motor?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Russ
> > >
> > >
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