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Re: [T3] Engine stalls and won't start (stupidly long)


On 21 Sep 2001, at 10:48, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> I have been having a similar intermitent problem with my '71 FB. After
> I shut it off from a long hard run, the pump relay does not want to
> kick back in. I have found that if I just crank the engine
> momentarily, the pump will work. This tells me that my trigger points
> are sticking open when the engine is hot. The way the system works, is
> that the pump relay circuitry is completed through the triggerpoints.
> This is how the control unit knows if the engine is turning over or
> not. I need to pull the distributor and clean the trigger point
> pivots. It only does it when the engine is hot.

Do you mean that if you turn the key ON with the engine hot you 
won't get the ~1sec fuel pump cycle? If so, then I don't think the 
trigger points are the problem. I THINK you should get the ~1 
second pulse even with the trigger points disconnected. Try that 
some time.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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