my cars broke

[vixteris]

been playing up when starting for a couple of days but today i stopped at the shops on the way home and it just wouldnt start again at all.   i can hear the fuel pump and ive checked the sparks.  yes it has petrol so what next??

 

[golfvr6]

timing?

[vixteris]

well its not turning over at all.  but it was running fine when actually running if u know what i mean.  just wouldnt re start.  ive squirted a load of wetstart on it for another try in the morning cos it did rain today but it doesnt usually play up after rain.  i know ive got electrical problems that ive been bodging but perhaps this is the end of the bodge jobs  

[Mixologist]

Does it turn over at all when ya try?

[Mixologist]

Ok, just read it properly now, Could be that your alternator is f**ked

[vixteris]

it was playing up originally,  when i tried to start it would do nothing for a few turns and then eventually give up being a fecker and turn over.  been like that for a few days.  then today played up to start with, drove to shops and it wouldnt start at all even after like 10 goes,  had to push it home  :-[

[Mixologist]

hmmmmmmmmm, i meant to say starter motor, not alternator. . .whoops!

[vixteris]

yep not turning over at all now.  so we thinking starter motor??  thats actually a result if it is,  will be a damn site cheaper than the new fusebox and loom im trying to put off for a while longer

[Mixologist]

LOL, they'll only bite ya in the arse later!

[Blue MK2]

did you try pushing it in 2nd or 4th to get it moving again?
Some RAC guy told me that^ when mine was f**ked. Turned out to be the electrical thing ontop of the motor. not sure on mk1's though