Need some help

[sciroccojunky at gmail.com (Lance LaPrarie)]

Thanks for all the ideas. After working with a buddy late Saturday night we
pinned it down to a faulty cold start valve that was stuck open. After
clearing out all the fuel it runs like a top now.

Thanks again!!!


On 12/31/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
> Any chance you have a) a short in your headlight wiring, and/or b)
> something wired up through the starter circuit connected to the lights? Do
> the lights pass through load reduction for starting? I'd guess that they
> should, looks like they do in the Bentley too. Maybe they got rewired so
> they stay lit when you try to start. Their wires would get mighty hot if
> they were somehow diverting the juice from the starter though, but OTOH,
> if
> that were the case, there's be enough for a good arc. (note that I never
> assume wiring in these cars to be stock eh? Mine are such a mish mash).
> Can't help you with Motronic, that and digi are missing links in my world.
> Cathy
>
> On 5:25 pm 12/30/06 "Lance LaPrarie" <sciroccojunky@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Found out that the fast clicking sound is my idle stabalizer. I am
> > pretty sure it isn't supposed to click like that. This is a Motronic
> > ISV to go with the Motronic conversion. The motor started up like a
> > top before the storm. Started with the lights off and no arcing and
> > shorting.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > On 12/29/06, levi perkins <subawrxsti@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  i had similar problem in my 89 golf i ran it through a big puddle
> > >  and it just died it ended up being the distributor got wet and was
> > >  grounding out and then a week later i replaced the coil after it
> > > died on me
> > >  Marc Getty <marc@getty.net> wrote:   Lance LaPrarie wrote:
> > > >  Well.......wouldn't start at all. It's been two weeks and
> > > >  still can't get it to start. Has gas since cranking it over
> > > >  you can smell it. This morning I did notice that after cranking
> > > >  it over there was a series of snaps that sound like a tazer.
> > > >  There is like 5 or 6 in a row. I know there is the buzz from
> > > >  the fuel distributor but that doesn't make a snapping sound.
> > >
> > >  You have a short somewhere. The tazer sounding snaps are the sound
> > >  of your car shorting. The pertinent question is: "Where is it
> > >  shorting?" Wait until
> > >  it is dark, open the hood, get someone to crank the car for you
> > >  while you look to see where it is shorting. There should be a
> > >  spark or you can at least 'play it by ear' to narrow down where
> > >  the short is. Explore from there. My guess is that it will be near
> > > the coil.
> > >  I had a problem somewhat in the same realm with my Cali a few
> > >  months back. During or just after rain it would crank but not turn
> > >  over. You could smell
> > >  a little bit of fuel. If you let it dry out it became A-OK. It was
> > >  the ground wire to the coil - it was not grounding very well.
> > >  Cleaned it off ?ber-well and now all is well in any weather.
> > >
> > >  -Marc
> > >
> > >  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> > >  '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
> > >  '84 VW Rabbit GTI Pickup Truck
> > >
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