Hmmm, I had this problem as well. Turned out the oil relief valve in my oil pump had stuck open, causing infinite oil pressure and pumping up all the lifters and opening all the valves. Ie, no compression. 1 new oil pump later, everything was fine.
-josh --- Brian D <[email protected]> wrote: > Tried to send this once, but I think it failed, so > sorry if there's a > duplicate posting... > > > My 89 GLI has refused to start for a week now. It > cranks fine, but > there is no firing. Today I finally pulled the > plugs, and they were > very wet. I left them out for an hour to try to dry > the cylinders, then > put in new plugs, which it needed anyway. The > starting situation did > not improve. > > This is frustrating. I had $1k of work done to the > car at the beginning > of November, which included fixing the ECU ground > and cleaning up the > vacuum hose mess the PO left. The car ran great > after that, and started > up every time on the first crank. Then, suddenly, > this happens. > > I suspect a leaking injector(s). Any other ideas? > > Laters, > Brian > 89 GLI Wolfsburg Ed. > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
