Trouble starting

[scirocco25 at gmail.com (Eric Person)]

The one from the coil to the intake manifold.
All of the grounds couldnt hurt to be replaced.  At least get from battery -
to the chassis under the airbox and also from the battery - to the engine.

On 7/10/06, Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Which ground cable?
>
> On 7/10/06, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I had the same problem with my 88.  Spark stopped when the starter was
> > cranking and started right after I let the key back off of the cranking
> > position.  I could only get it to start if I cranked it 1 second at a
> time.
> > If I continued to crank it, it would flood, as there was no spark.  I
> had to
> > try to get it to fire off of that "single" spark that occured when I
> > released the key.
> >
> > I replaced the ground cable with a new one and the problem went away.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Mike Smith [mailto:smithma7@gmail.com]
> > >Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:56 PM
> > >To: car
> > >Subject: Re: Trouble starting
> > >
> > >
> > >So I was at a garage in DC today.  Guy didn't know too much about VWs
> > >to know why without keeping it for an extended period of time (wasn't
> > >going to leave it there and have no way home) but he did poke around
> > >under the hood testing things and he said 2 things:
> > >
> > >1) The battery is going bad.  He put a booster pack on it and it
> > >cranked a lot easier and fired up a little quicker.
> > >
> > >2) "Losing power to coil in crank position"... that's what he wrote
> > >down for me.  He said that when the key is in the "on" position, the
> > >coil is getting power, but not when the key's in the "start" position.
> > > Found that out when he was testing for spark.
> > >
> > >What say you, list?
> > >
> > >'86 16
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Mike
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