[urq] urq Digest, Vol 105, Issue 3

Thu Jul 12 17:36:41 PDT 2012

Thanks for te suggestions, all. 

After continued tinkering last night, it seems that the car is giving me a single sporadic spark. Had all 5 plugs out at the same time, and even grounded the coil and saw that it sparked temporarily and then stopped. So from talking around, this is pointing to a CIS issue. 

With that said, where do I look?  Fuel pump was hard wired by the previous owner, so it's always running when the key is on. Is there a relay I should be checking (hear clicking from in/behind the dash when cranking) or possibly a blown fuse?  From looking around I didn't find any blown fuses, but I might e missing something. 

Any and all help is much appreciated!  Trying to get this running sober can get it off the trailer and into a garage again!

Thanks!

-j

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> Unfortunately the 'ol girl is acting up a little bit lately.
> 
> 2 weeks ago the slave cylinder died, leaving my dad stranded at work. Fast
> forward to yesterday, we loaded the car onto the trailer and brought it
> home so I could rebuild the slave.
> 
> The good news:  After 2 hours and enough swearing to make a sailor blush in
> shame, the clutch is now functioning as it should.
> 
> The bad news: The car won't start. When he parked it two weeks ago, it was
> running fine.
> 
> After doing some checks, it's looking like I"m getting no spark. I smell
> fuel, and the pump is running... so I'm assuming something ignition-wise
> went wrong.
> 
> Where do I start looking? any fuses or relays that might have died for no
> apparent reason leaving us in this pickle? Car is currently on the trailer,
> and would like to get it running again before I head south again... or just
> push it off into the quarry behind the house as I've had my fill of car
> stuff this week... lol.
> 
> Any help is MUCH appreciated! Thanks, all!
> 
> -Justin
> 
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> From: <racingiron at comcast.net>
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>> After doing some checks, it's looking like I"m getting no spark.
> 
> Did you bump the coil wires while messing with the slave?  Do you get any indication of partial ignition?  Check for spark on each plug wire with a spare plug grounded on the head.  Also peek behind the timing belt cover to be sure it's still intact.  If the fuel pump is running, I think that means both reference sensors are OK and probably the hall sensor in the distributor (which means the timing belt is still there).  Of course, that's assuming no one hard-wired the fuel pump circuit in the past...
> 
> Eric R.
> '86 urq
> '92 urS
> '93 urS
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:13:00 +0100
> From: "Phil Payne" <phil at isham-research.co.uk>
> To: "'Justin Rettaliata'" <jretal at gmail.com>, <urq at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [urq] '83 UrQ non-start... need help, please
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> Have you reviewed
> http://www.isham-research.co.uk/quattro/wiring/Typ85/mac01pin.html ? 
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> Subject: [urq] '83 UrQ non-start... need help, please
> 
> Unfortunately the 'ol girl is acting up a little bit lately.
> 
> 2 weeks ago the slave cylinder died, leaving my dad stranded at work. Fast
> forward to yesterday, we loaded the car onto the trailer and brought it home
> so I could rebuild the slave.
> 
> The good news:  After 2 hours and enough swearing to make a sailor blush in
> shame, the clutch is now functioning as it should.
> 
> The bad news: The car won't start. When he parked it two weeks ago, it was
> running fine.
> 
> After doing some checks, it's looking like I"m getting no spark. I smell
> fuel, and the pump is running... so I'm assuming something ignition-wise
> went wrong.
> 
> Where do I start looking? any fuses or relays that might have died for no
> apparent reason leaving us in this pickle? Car is currently on the trailer,
> and would like to get it running again before I head south again... or just
> push it off into the quarry behind the house as I've had my fill of car
> stuff this week... lol.
> 
> Any help is MUCH appreciated! Thanks, all!
> 
> -Justin
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