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Golf Won’t Start
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Re: Golf Won't Start -
04-19-2005
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first thing i'd try is a dizzy cap and rotor arm, and a set of plugs and leads. does sound lke and ignition fault to me |
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"alottamalarkey" <UseLinkToEmail (AT) AutoForumz (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1_525900_764a0822e9d39c9ba26cd1970e920b58 (AT) autoforumz (DOT) com... This is an annoying intermittent will-not-start problem in a 2.0 GL Mark IV. There is no problem with warning lights. When the car starts, it runs fine; has never stalled or died. There does not seem to be any relation to wet, dry, cold or hot weather. Battery is plenty strong. SYMPTOMS: On some attempts, the engine just turns over and nothing happens. On other attempts, the engine will fire momentarily, then expire. If we let it sit for a while (at least a half hour, sometimes longer), it may start the next time. I can hear the fuel pump running when I turn the key "ON", and, of course, it must be working properly, since the car runs fine, once it starts. We have replaced the Hall-Effect device on the distributor and had key codes checked. I have not been able to check if there is spark, when nothing happens; difficult to do by myself. Since the engine does sometimes ignite, my instinct is that there is a sensor malfunction that is causing the fuel pump to cut out, incorrectly thinking that the engine has stopped running. The sensation is certainly the same as when a car quits, when it has run out of gas. But, I don't know what would be sensed just during the ignition process. Any advice? -- Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.autoforumz.com/Volkswagen...ict111983.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=525900 |
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In article <Ap59e.27391$il.3337 (AT) newsfe5-win (DOT) ntli.net>, Nathan Lucas <lucas.autotrash (AT) tesco (DOT) net> wrote: first thing i'd try is a dizzy cap and rotor arm, and a set of plugs and leads. does sound lke and ignition fault to me There is no dizzy or rotor, doof!!! |
fairy nuff. plugs and leads have to be a good suspect though.
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Well I have seen Rabbits/Jettas from 1975-1984 in the USA referred to as A1s Golf/Jettas from 1985-1992(?) as A2s Golf/Jettas from 1993-1997(?) as A3s |
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Golf/Jettas from 1998-? as A4s. |
overseas but isn't here yet.
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So when people refer to the VW A4s what does that mean besides Jettas/Golfs from 1998 to ??? |
Golfs, GTIs, and Jettas but the Audi TT and VW New Beetle are also on this
platform, as are some Skoda models overseas but since we don't get those
here forget that (too confusing).
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Yeah that A4 confuses me when I hear it since I already know about the Audi A4s. |
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"Peter Parker" <nospam (AT) zero (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4264fdbb_1 (AT) nntp2 (DOT) nac.net... In article <Ap59e.27391$il.3337 (AT) newsfe5-win (DOT) ntli.net>, Nathan Lucas <lucas.autotrash (AT) tesco (DOT) net> wrote: first thing i'd try is a dizzy cap and rotor arm, and a set of plugs and leads. does sound lke and ignition fault to me There is no dizzy or rotor, doof!!! fairy nuff. plugs and leads have to be a good suspect though. |
no. Yes to plugs, no to leads if they are coil packs. I don't retail
wrench so I'm not sure what a 1997 has in the coil pack department.
I would suspect the single coil-pack with plug wires vs the individual
coil-packs later on.
My WAG on the whole thing is that the timing belt jumped and that is
why it won't start. The owner also carelessly drove the car like that
so the plugs are probably crusted white and trashed.
The owner is a doof.
hehehe!!!
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"dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1 (AT) ameritech (DOT) net> wrote in message news:1x_8e.2638$xA5.1773 (AT) newssvr19 (DOT) news.prodigy.com... Well I have seen Rabbits/Jettas from 1975-1984 in the USA referred to as A1s Golf/Jettas from 1985-1992(?) as A2s Golf/Jettas from 1993-1997(?) as A3s Early 1999 Golf/Jettas from 1998-? as A4s. mid 1999 to present although the new Jetta is an A5. The new A5 Golf is out overseas but isn't here yet. So when people refer to the VW A4s what does that mean besides Jettas/Golfs from 1998 to ??? Anything built on the 4th generation of the A platform. This is usually Golfs, GTIs, and Jettas but the Audi TT and VW New Beetle are also on this platform, as are some Skoda models overseas but since we don't get those here forget that (too confusing). Yeah that A4 confuses me when I hear it since I already know about the Audi A4s. Yup because "Audi A4" is a make/model and not a platform designation. |
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Ah a platform designation. Thanks Matt B! later, dave (One out of many daves) |
are for North America only. Other markets had variations (most of the time
getting cars before North America).
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