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Title: my golf wont start, and wen does splutters, pops :( help!!!
Post by: bruntingthorpevdub on 19 June 2010, 15:40
hi i have a 91 golf gti 16v, it had a oil leak looked like it was the cam seal, i drove it into the workshop checked this and turned out to be the rocker seal, as i was there i thought i would check the spark plugs as the leads had tape on them i put it back went to drive it out it wouldnt start so i left it thinkin it was flooded and still didnt start the next morning. i then changed the plugs leads dizzy cap and roatery arm, and still wouldnt start, i have towed it to try get her going enganged gear and released the clutch and it like sounds like its sort of goin but it isnt!! and after a bit of givin it some revs it fire up but pops n splutters and have to keep revs high else it dies, but does die anyway eventually, i checked fuel is goin through and that was ok. i have tried to start it again today after chargin battery all night and it just gives like half a turn! this maybe tho cuz the starter motor isnt the best! the car had been running ok until i took it into the workshop i think, people tell me it could be bent cams, firing order, fuel..... i read on here somebody had a problem like mine so someone nos the answer!! lol please help me!! :undecided:
Title: Re: my golf wont start, and wen does splutters, pops :( help!!!
Post by: Rmachines on 19 June 2010, 21:54
Sounds like firing order?
Title: Re: my golf wont start, and wen does splutters, pops :( help!!!
Post by: rubjonny on 21 June 2010, 13:42
remember firing order on 16v is anticlockwise on the dizzy, not clockwise as on 8v. order is 1 3 4 2
Title: Re: my golf wont start, and wen does splutters, pops :( help!!!
Post by: Barnzyuk on 22 June 2010, 06:05
bruntingthorpevdub.... sounds like a man who should be at the show on saturday!   :smiley:

as mentioned before, sounds like you need to sort your firing order  :wink:

Title: Re: my golf wont start, and wen does splutters, pops :( help!!!
Post by: Wayne on 22 June 2010, 09:41
Sounds like firing order?

+1  :smiley:
Title: Re: my golf wont start, and wen does splutters, pops :( help!!!
Post by: Rmachines on 23 June 2010, 22:17
Ah yes its back to front on the 16v,  i had to google pics of the engine to figure the routing of the HT leads.  :smiley: