It is Home

[dagnamit at gmail.com (Brian Wagner)]

Multimeter in hand and will look at the dpr tomorrow night. I am going to 
order a new FPR that can't hurt, if I am smell gas on the vacuum line I am 
sure it is bad also.


Brian


----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Person" <eperson@gmail.com>
To: "Brian Wagner" <dagnamit@gmail.com>
Cc: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: It is Home

>I had a problem with the dpr plug, one wire was partially pulled out and 
>wasnt giving a signal to it, so it would start and immediately die.
> Im not sure if thats quite your problem, but you are on the right track. 
> Do you have a test connector and multimeter so you can run through all the 
> basic CIS-E tests?
>
> Eric
>
> Brian Wagner wrote:
>> All right with the help of a friend with a trailer the 88 is home.
>>
>> Started looking at it right away with in 1 hr I had it started but can't 
>> get
>> it to idle. and after you let the revs down it won't start again. Now to
>> over come this and it works every time and the idle is smooth, if I 
>> remove
>> the intake boot and raise the air flow flap with the key on and hold it 
>> for
>> a second and give it a shot of fuel it fires. Then by manipulating the
>> throttle and the flap at the same time the car idles perfectly, I have
>> noticed also as the ignition is keyed the flow plate is pushed down hard, 
>> so
>> the air is not over coming the the pressure which is not allowing the 
>> fuel
>> to be metered (thats why when I do it manually it runs). All right
>> collective what is the cause of this problem I am thinking fuel pressure
>> regulator is not reducing the fuel pressure to the metering valve, 
>> causing
>> the high pressure at the metering valve (I took the vacuum line at the 
>> FPR
>> and it smells of gas). Let me know what your thoughts are on this and it 
>> is
>> an 88 16v.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian
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