Starting

[henrob 0]

I am having a power of hastle,

The beast developed a weird intermitant starting problem, it would ping when you turned the ignition but persevere and it would eventually start. Wouldn't idle properly for the first 20 secs but then settle down, last night the thing went bang on starting and i got the putrid smell of burning electrics.

nothing else seems affected and now its just pinging when the ignition is turned.

The starter is relatively new april06, i've looked under the bonnent but can see bugger all.

Any help or pointers greatly appreciated...

Keith

[duncs 0]

HT leads? coilpack? both were a problem on mine and the problem generated a similar electricky smell. check coilpack/HT leads threads elsewhere on the board.

duncs

[henrob 0]

You could be spot on with the coil pack, it looks completely buggered.

I think it was the grease that was keeping it held together.

I've been assured by a chap that used to work for vw that they usually just crack off the old casing clean it up a bit, slabber it in epoxy, and put on a new casing, don't know its going to work... but i'll give it an araldite bath before shelling out on a new one...

[henrob 0]

So the coil went on, cleaned up looking good as new, slabbered in about six coats of epoxy.

Started first time. Idled and backfired like a pig and the died. The Battery now seems to be draining... The burning electrical smell talked about earlier was definately something else as the coil didn't smell at all. A bit freeked now because the dash computer display is now bonkers. got a vag com cable hopefully next week, but any pointers would be appreciated.

Keith

[henrob 0]

vag com, cable arrived and fired up on the laptop, engine only displayed one fault engine speed sensor faulty or no signal

dont know how this could be responsible for the battery drain..

its an 95 OBD1, can anyone tell me where its located?

cheers, Keith