Re: [T3] Brake bleeding and other hydraulics

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>My start-up routine was similar (but not quite so bad) even with my 
cold-start injector working properly.  It was because on my FI harness 
the #18 wire wasn't connected to the starter (terminal #50).  When I 
finally ran a wire from the starter to the FI harness so power would 
feed it when I was cranking, it made a noticeable difference in starting 
the engine.

I looked in the Bentley manual and the #18 FI wire to the #50 terminal 
on the starter applies to all years of FI so I would recommend checking 
yours.  See pages 16-19 in the Fuel System section in the Bentley.

 Toby Erkson  --  http://www.icbm.org/
 '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top
 '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof, gas heater
 '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing
 Portland, Oregon



Constantino Tobio wrote:

> ...What's making me think possible vacuum leak (aside from the obvious
> broken vacuum advance hoses) is the fact that I seem to need a little
> extra fuel to get the car started up. If I crank for a second, stop,
> crank for a second, stop, I can usually get it turning over by the 4th
> or 5th try, especially if I help out by pumping the gas pedal a little
> while it's doing it's best to start. I was thinking my start was a
> little lean, and getting a little extra raw fuel in there does the
> trick. This is on a warm 70+ day, so the cold start injector shouldn't
> be coming into play.

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