Mark, Sounds like my experience. The car wouldn't run about 3 miles after filling up. At first I thought that the fuel had water in it as that happened to me in my Lancia Beta Coupe about 20+ years ago at the same station (clearly I'm giving away my age here) and I saw a fuel truck unloading when I was there. After a tow to the mechanics and a lot of testing/swapping it ended up being one of the coil leads; it was severly arc'ed up on the contact surface. I replaced the connectors (both) and put some dielectric grease on it to keep the crap out. It hasn't given me any trouble since. James Blumenfeld 87 gti
--- Mark Reda <[email protected]> wrote: > I was on my way home from a friends house today and > my card decided it was > going to take a break on the side of the highway. > I tried starting it over and over and it didn't > catch. > I started playing with some wires near the coil and > i managed to get it > started for about 20 seconds, then stalled again. > I gave it a few more attempts and it didn't want to > start, so I called CAA > for a tow, and informed them I needed a flatbed > otherwise the tow truck > would cause damage to my vehicle (last time they > ripped the front bumper > clean off). > > As I sat in the scorching heat I began to diagnose > the problem in my head... > -The starter worked > -Engine temps didn't exceed 50% > -I replaced the transfer pump 2 months ago > -symptoms resemble when the ground wire on the > coil pack harness went > and there was no spark. > > So I found a test wire with an aligator clip and be > can to remove the shrink > wrap on that ground wire, I clipped the test wire to > it and ran it to the > neg terminal on the battery. The car didn't start > the first time but it > started on the 3rd time and made it home safely. > > Mark Reda. > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
