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On 15 Sep 2003 at 21:03, David Engle wrote: > It started running on what felt/sounded like two > cylinders. I was talking to an old VW mechanic. He > asked if I had checked the second set of points? I > thought the dude was pulling my leg. Kinda like...your > muffler bearing is going bad. I asked the local parts > guy and he assured me that the FI system had a second > set of points called Trigger Points. I bought a new > set of Bosche (around $65) and it did the trick. I had > never had a dizzy out of a car with FI, so I never > noticed the sports mouth piece shaped gizzmo. It is almost certain that the old points were fine. A small piece of dirt just dropped into one side and kept it from making contact. You can clean them with a clean piece of paper. > Yes, I know I hear the first click, but not sure about > the second. The fuel pump does come on and then off. Then this is exactly right and your pump is running as it should. (It starts up again as soon as you crank the starter.) This means that the main power relay, the fuel pump relay, the system ground and much of the brain is okay. Now go to the back with the key ON and depress the throttle. Do you hear a series of clicks? It's just possible that you need to pull the trigger contacts out and clean them again, but you can check them with an ohmmeter before you pull the distributor out. Just check from the center to each side contact for alternating make and break as the starter cranks the engine. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org