[Vwdiesel] OT Quattro no start 3 hours away

[James Hansen]

first check that the distributor is turning.  no shit.
THis happened to me years ago on Sheila's car; an 82 gas (gasp!) Jetta.
I changed damn near everything except the spare tire, and wound up 
discovering that the crank sheared off the T-belt teeth, and wasn't 
turning the distributor. (non-interference engine)

The fuel pump would cycle, stop, it cranked fine, sounded almost but not 
quite normal on cranking.

I found the belt quite by accident, felt like a damn fool.

-james

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> My son was about 3 hours away today and the fuel pump wouldn't cycle on, 
> with the key.  I talked him through pulling the FP relay and thumping it.  
> The 
> pump then would cycle but still no start.  I believe he properly checked for 
> spark and came up nil.  
>   I now have to find a co driver and time to go get the car some time this 
> week.
> :-(  Anybody have any experience on any "typical problems" or obvious place 
> to start?  Checked that the CIS fuse was good and in place, other fuses are 
> good so there's the basic test light stuff but any other suggestions?
>   It's done this before and started but rarely enough to ever find the 
> problem 
> or even concern me much.  Now I have to fix it or it'll end up costing me 
> TONS of time!  (Like it already isn't!)  :-P
>   Thanks for the support,
>      Loren
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