i87 5kt intermittent no start

[Dave Yentema]

Thats an interesting thought, I know the start position on my switch went 
bad at some point in its past, and a start button was wired in. How could i 
test that?

-Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Lenahan" <glenahan at vfemail.net>
To: "Dave Yentema" <yentemad at rider.edu>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: i87 5kt intermittent no start


> dreaded ignition switch?
>
> On May 13, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Dave Yentema wrote:
>
>> Figures that when i finally get all of the right parts installed,  my car 
>> doesn't want to run right. I took that plastic plug out that  i had 
>> filling the hole for the idle screw, and installed the right  one. 
>> Screwed it in until i heard the throttle switch click, then  backed it 
>> off by about a half a turn. Car starts right up and runs  like a champ, a 
>> little too high rpm, but was running very well.  Shut it off, played with 
>> a few things like the isv, the throttle  switch, etc and went to start 
>> the car again. It fired once but  didn't catch and then didnt fire again 
>> until i turned the key off  and back on again but still didn't catch. 
>> Went back out and played  with some more things, took the MM hose off, 
>> cleaned the gunk off  of the butterfly valve, backed the screw off a bit, 
>> etc. Tried it  again, no luck. Tried one more time, but this time i 
>> punched the  gas right as it fired and it caught and i held it at about 
>> 1500 for  a bit and let off. It stumbled around for a bit but eventually 
>> started idling beautifully. On a quick test drive it ran amazing as 
>> well. Shut it off and went to start again, and its doing it  again... I 
>> used this as an excuse to get some new spark plugs (NGK  bp6et)and it 
>> runs a lot smoother, but still has this problem..
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> -Dave
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