1984 4k - no start

[Bares, Vittorio]

Yes, fuel pump comes on, but no spark. So doubt this is it.

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From: jlagnese at massed.net 
To: Bares, Vittorio; Tom Love ; quattro at audifans.com 
Sent: Tue Aug 04 13:12:30 2009
Subject: RE: 1984 4k - no start 


You could make a jumper for the FPR. Do you hear the fuel pump?
---- Original message ----


	Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:30:36 -0400
	From: "Bares, Vittorio" <Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com>
	Subject: RE: 1984 4k - no start
	To: "Tom Love" <theloves at localaccess.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
	>Hmm - could be - etka tells me that is on the fuse block.
	>
	>I guess the only verification I can do is to pull it, apply 12v+/- to
	>the terminals (assuming this is typical bosch layout) and see if I have
	>continuity (and hear a click) between the other 2 ? (I don't have an
	>extra known working one).
	>
	>Vittorio -
	>
	>-----Original Message-----
	>From: Tom Love [mailto:theloves at localaccess.com] 
	>Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:58 AM
	>To: Bares, Vittorio; quattro at audifans.com
	>Subject: Re: 1984 4k - no start
	>
	>This could be a fuel pump relay issue. Sometimes when they go bad you
	>will 
	>lose spark (ignition) when it thinks your revs are too high. The fpr
	>acts as 
	>your rev limiter.
	>
	>
	>----- Original Message ----- 
	>From: "Bares, Vittorio" <Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com>
	>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
	>Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 7:42 AM
	>Subject: 1984 4k - no start
	>
	>
	>> So, has new wires, rotor, cap, plugs - was running fine - then about a
	>> week ago, while driving it - it just stopped running.
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>> I cleaned the contacts on the coil - started again, but wasn't running
	>> well. Almost as if it was running on 4 cyl (it is a quattro 5cyl :-)).
	>I
	>> was trying to diagnose by pulling one sparkplug at a time while it was
	>> running, not much change when I did so - consistently for all 5 plug
	>> wires.
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>> Pulled the plug on the temp sensor in the rear of the head - no diff.
	>>
	>> Pulled the plug on the sensor that is on the fuel distributor - no
	>diff.
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>> This morning - no start...
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>> No spark.
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>> I'm thinking hall sensor??
	>>
	>>
	>>
	>> Vittorio -
	>>
	>>
	>>
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