Re: Secret ninja death. (and a movie sighting)

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Howe <ismhowe@state.me.us>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 9:46 AM
Subject: Secret ninja death. (and a movie sighting)


>Lately I have been experiencing sudden engine death, and a great deal of
>difficulty starting afterward.  I have had some fuel problems in the past
>with this car, but it has been running great for many months.  I checked
all
>the plug wires, and the coil wire, the distributor rotor and
>contacts(brushes?) look okay too.  This death has happened once just after
>starting, and the next day after a 10 minute drive, when coming to a stop.
>The first time, I let it sit overnight, and it started great the next
>morning, the next time(yesterday) I also let it sit overnight, but this
>morning, I almost gave up starting it, and my last try succeded(whew!).  I
>started it several more times this morning, without problems.  The engine
is
>turning over fine, but not firing.  Once it does fire though, it starts
>right up.  I would appreciate any and all BTDTs and hypotheses.  Thanks!
>
>-Matt

    A friend of mine had similar symptoms with his '89 100. It would be hard
to start now and then and began quitting unexpectedly on the highway. His
fuel pump was dying a slow death. Replacing the fuel pump resolved the
problem.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  253k km