88 80q no start (Hoffman Anthony J A1C 552 CMS/MXMVC)

[Edward R. Wendell IV]

Definitely start at the lean end of the adjustment and work your way to 
the rich side. I inherited a job on a 89 5ktq that had an engine swap 
done by some monkey lads and then somehow ended up at a Ford dealership 
in non running condition were it was acquired for handsome sum of $800. 
The mixture adjustment had been turned every which way so I decided to 
try setting it at the baseline measurement per Bently. Wrong tactic. 
Either I measured wrong or I was using the wrong page in the book but 
when I fired up the car it didn't run. When I pulled a plug I could see 
a puddle of fuel sitting on the piston. Yikes! Apparently I has it 
adjusted to the point that fuel was being injected even with the 
airflow plate in the rest position. I could very easily have 
hydrolocked the motor with fuel and messed it up. After turning it in 
the lean direction something like four complete turns I started to get 
to the proper range. The good news is that the car has been running 
strong for about six months now.

Roy Wendell
Clarksburg WV USA
86, 87 5kcstq
87 MR2 times 2
Three turbos, two quattros, too much fun