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Offline illy

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It wont start!! ... please help!
« on: 26 September 2006, 15:56 »
Hello I'm new here, Please help if you can,

My Triple white cab' (1800 8v GTi), is being a pain in the butt. It was stuttering ang stalling a few days ago, so we (Me and my Dad) thought that it might be a blockage in the fuel system,
(We'd replaced the, very rotten, fuel filler pipe a couple of months ago and knew that there was rust in the 'tank)
So we dropped the 'tank and cleaned that out thoroughly, cleaned the filters out as best we could, blew the 'lines etc...

But,

When we've put it all back together the engine wont start! or rather it will for a second or so and then dies.

We've checked the cold start injector and that's spraying fine,

However, there is NO spray from the injectors! Fuel is... just about getting to them, but not through them, it seems as though there's no pressure but when we crack the fitting from the fuel filter to the metering head there's LOTS of presure (fuel spray everywhere) There's just no fuel or very very little fuel coming out of the 4 oultlets on top of the metering unit.

We're at a loss as to what to do now so, if you can, please help

Thanks

illy

Offline kraM

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Re: It wont start!! ... please help!
« Reply #1 on: 26 September 2006, 22:10 »
I hate to be the bringer of doom and gloom but...

The metering heads get the ar*e and go home if you put rust through them, as do the injectors.
Time fro a scrapyard challange, you need to get a new/secondhand/rebuilt metering head and 4 new injectors.
I don't know if they do them, but give LSUK a bell, they have injection service centers about.

Cheers

kraM
It's not the speed... it's the sudden stops...