4kq no start/short?

[Richard J. Andrews]

could still be a bad battery i would check the ground cable first and clean
all battery terminals and connectors.
also check the underhood ground wires to the intake
and the connection at the bellhousing.
HTH!
rich
'86 4kq
At 04:30 PM 6/4/02, you wrote:
>--
>
>--
>From: Mholme3 at aol.com
>Full-name: Mholme3
>Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 17:29:54 EDT
>Subject: 4kq no start/short?
>To: quattro at audifans
>
>My 87 4kq is acting up lately.  This morning the car would not start for me.
>I noticed that when I turned the key to the second position, The clock/trip
>computer went blank.  When I turned the key back, it reappeared but the time
>had reset to "0:00".  I did a little more investigating and it turns out that
>the ISV is not vibrating as usual with the key in the second position and I
>also don't hear the fuel pump buzzing.  The battery doesn't appear to be the
>problem, as I have plenty of juice to operate the windows, sunroof etc.  But
>something is clearly wrong here and I do not know where to begin.  Any Ideas
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Marques
>87 4kq