'87 4kq- no start

[Kneale Brownson]

The '86 4kq parts car I keep for my wife's '86 4kq (both available for 
purchase if anyone's interested) has been sitting since the snow went away 
last spring.  I aired up the tires yesterday and tried to start it so I 
could move it.  Cranked, but no start.  Couldn't hear the fuel pump, and 
hadn't heard it when I first turned the key.  I crawled part way under the 
car (those darned little wheels won't let my belly past the rocker panels) 
and whacked the pump/filter/brace and everything else in the neighborhood 
with a stick several times.  When I tried to start it again, it roared to 
life.  Just an anecdotal suggestion.


At 09:14 PM 11/05/2000 -0500, Huw Powell wrote:


> > you will hear the pump pressureize when you turn the
> > key on. if not check for power at the pump, if none
> > check the relay,you can switch it with the horn relay
> > to see if that is your problem.
>
>no you can't... the "medium" terminal on the FPR (that would be in
>common with the horn relay) is a coil signal.  the "little" one is the
>12v signal.  use a fused jumper wire with two male spades on it,
>betweent he two "large" pin sockets in the fuel pump relay position.
>
>also check... the "spare" fuse (it isn't)
>intake manifold ground wires condition
>"vacuum" hoses for hidden cracks and gaping holes
>
>and, um, everything else :-)
>
>--
>Huw Powell
>
>http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
>
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>