AudiSport4000
01-07-2006, 12:56 PM
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Met up with Larry and his friend Steve this morning to help diagnose and hopefully cure his non starting 86 4kq. The problem was this, the car wouldnt start! They said the car wasnt getting any fuel, so we did some checking and I thought the car had enough fuel. They had checked for spark and said there was spark. The car should start, right? :) Steve suggested we pull the plugs out, which I did. I found an immediate problem, the PO had put in Bosch Platinums!! WRONG! These silly things are horrible, never use them ;). Along with the bad plugs, the cap AND rotor were totally shot.
Pretty much a minor tuneup of plugs/cap/rotor was all this puppy needed. Took lots of starter action to clear the cylinders of all the fuel, but it eventually started and ran great. We then took the car for a short spin (through a huge warehouse!) and found that the idle was super high. I figured it was the ISV, and I was close, there was a huge vac leak. Got that fixed and all was good for having the car run correctly.
Another sick 4kq back on the road :). Oh, and when we left, Larry wanted to have a small drag race against the 4ktq to see how theh 4kq matched up. It was almost even through a first few gears, but once I hit 3rd and 4th it was over :).
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Met up with Larry and his friend Steve this morning to help diagnose and hopefully cure his non starting 86 4kq. The problem was this, the car wouldnt start! They said the car wasnt getting any fuel, so we did some checking and I thought the car had enough fuel. They had checked for spark and said there was spark. The car should start, right? :) Steve suggested we pull the plugs out, which I did. I found an immediate problem, the PO had put in Bosch Platinums!! WRONG! These silly things are horrible, never use them ;). Along with the bad plugs, the cap AND rotor were totally shot.
Pretty much a minor tuneup of plugs/cap/rotor was all this puppy needed. Took lots of starter action to clear the cylinders of all the fuel, but it eventually started and ran great. We then took the car for a short spin (through a huge warehouse!) and found that the idle was super high. I figured it was the ISV, and I was close, there was a huge vac leak. Got that fixed and all was good for having the car run correctly.
Another sick 4kq back on the road :). Oh, and when we left, Larry wanted to have a small drag race against the 4ktq to see how theh 4kq matched up. It was almost even through a first few gears, but once I hit 3rd and 4th it was over :).
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