FAQ 118
Question: Jenny wrote with this (paraphrased) message... "This morning, before starting her up, I thought I'd just quick check the valves, cuz I didn't on the last tune up. Well, they were just fine, so I put new covers on, and put all back in order, and ......she wouldn't start. There were a few times that she started, and just putted out. Luckily, my neighbor stopped by and we proceded to check the spark from the plugs, coil, and wires. All was in order. We even took out a plug (new as of two months ago) and it was fine. However, the spark was not making it to the distributor, which was also changed two months ago. There seems to be a bit of play on the post like thing that the rotor sits on, at least 1/4 in. and I don't recall if that's good, or normal. Also, the fuse was burnt, adn that means that something burnt it. So, that left the new dist. cap, and the fuel pump. I wanted to take the pump apart, but what was in my "idiots guide" [ The Muir book: How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive] was not what I was looking at, and therefore, I couldn't." Answer: My reply wasn't too useful, but Jenny tracked down the problem and writes: "I had a super old distributor in the car, probably the original, and it's cap was loose, and so its timing was going out at every little bump that was hit, so I replaced it with a newer distributor, one of those advanced vaccuum ones, and it was the end of the problem." Thanks Jenny!
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