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I feel stupid...I meant I have a coil from a vw jetta not a distributer...sorry. But I will check the colors of the injector boots tomorrow. And keep everyone posted. Mike >On 24 Jul 2001, at 13:20, Mike wrote: > >> "When you pull off the SP wires is there a >> spark that jumps those gaps?" >> >> Yes, as I remove the wires and hold it from the distributer socket it >> does arc a spark. > >Okay, then it is probably not an ignition problem. > >> "check for a bunch of white FI ground wires near the center of the >> engine. Are all those wires connected? Are any of those wires broken? >> Work carefully with those wires, they are fragile and you can easily >> do more harm than good with them." >> >> Yes, all of those wires are connected to a central ground bolt, I also >> loosened the bolt, and moved the wires a little then tighten the bolt >> back down to make sure the ground was getting a good connection. > >Okay, then it is likely that the grounds are okay. > >> I also changed the distributer cap to the original one that was on it >> when I purchased the car and it had the same symptoms, so I put the >> new one back on. I have another distributer that is a bosch but not >> from a bug...from a vw jetta i think, > >Only a type 3 dist will work. There is a set of FI trigger points built >into the base of this dist. Pull out your dist and remove those lower >points from the side of the dist. Clean the points with a clean sheet >of paper (DO NOT FILE.) Check that you have good continuity thru >both sets of points with your DVM. Carefully check all the wires to >make sure that you don't have a broken wire somewhere hidden up >inside one of the rubber boots. > >Check the injector connectors. On each side there was originally 1 >black boot and one grey boot. Both black boots are supposed to >be at the front (or was it the rear? I can never remember....) If you >have one in front and one in back then one side is reversed and this >means that your failing cylinders ARE related to a common trigger >point. > >- >Jim Adney >jadney@vwtype3.org >Madison, WI 53711-3054 >USA > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > > >