Re: More on non-starting Ur quattro

[Steve Eiche <seiche@cellport.com>]

Jim said:

>  Symptoms - Engine turns but will not start, no spark at plugs.
>  The situation as of last night was that I thought that the problem
was with
>  the distributor cap and rotor arm, there was a spark (loads of them)
at the
>  coil but none at the distributor cap plug lead sockets.

Did you check the resistance of the coil to distributor wire?  It should
be something like 2k Ohms, but you'll want to check Bentley to make
sure. It is VERY common for the resistors in the ends to burn up causing
exactly the symptoms you describe.  BTDT.

HTH!

Steve