QUOTE(euro911 @ Jan 7 2015, 02:23 AM)
QUOTE(914_teener @ Jan 6 2015, 08:56 PM)
QUOTE(euro911 @ Jan 6 2015, 05:27 PM)
QUOTE(Philip W. @ Jan 6 2015, 05:09 AM)
yesterday, checked a few connections, wiggled some wires, wont start.
----- again. probably wont try tonight--- i am about ready to part this out
well , i have acouple more thinkgs to rule out before giving up and throwing in the towel........
I agree....don't think a 914 is in his future.
Naw, he'll get it sorted out and have a fine running car again.
Let's go back to the beginning ... what all did you change out Phil? (I forgot)
Did you double-check against the trouble-shooting links on Jeff Bowlsby's site?
When you get back to it, check these L-Jet links out:
Bosch Volkswagen L-Jet Fuel Injection ManualL-Jet Fuel Injection for 912E (also applies to 914 1.8L cars)Also look for the other trouble-shooting tip articles on the main tech notebook page (
Click here )
"Let's go back to the beginning ... what all did you change out Phil? (I forgot)
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really too much to write - everything- BTW its D-jet, 75 2.0. , last issue we did i.d. a back MPS, but never really figured out what was making it so lean that with a bad MPS it would actually run(with the vac hose off). replaced that and spent a week driving and tuning in another mps last 2 drives were showing the A/F right on the money, - TPS set, FI harness was new couple years ago from Jeff B, and mechanic tested all the connections and wires for conductivity etc. i guess the list would be long but fuel pressure- 28-29, fuel is there; a few weeks back when it was at bobs shop and he was sorting thru it for me i had had the same thing happen and i could not get it to start, so i trailered it over to his shop. SO it was exact same issue but at some point the mps failed, we replaced it and it ran- but i still think there is a bad connection somewhere in the system, he also must have messed around enough that it was not doing this . - fyi something similar happened about a month or so before that - one day would not start, same thing, walked away, came back a few hours later and it fired up on first crank! kind of forgot about it because it didnt happen again for over amonth until that fateful day.
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since coming home from mechanic i have not touched anyting except reset the TPS because he had it set wrong, re-tuned the mPS and put in the new temp sensor- as you remember when i did that (it had quit running i could barely get it to run replaced that and suddenly it ran)-but of course the abient air temp sensor would not do that so i believe it was just a coinsidence - most likely moved the harness enough to cause whatever was shortingout to reconnect so it ran- for a while---
- what i forgot to mention is this week saturday when i whent to drive it and it didnt start, - it almost started at first, but was missing bad, could not keep it running, it died and then i could not even get it to fire at all - and since will not start - that episode, what it reminded me of was when one of the FI ground connections came loose a few years ago and was causing it to fire on one set intermittantly as it was hanging there and barely touching- that is what it reminds me of, but ive rechecked those and they are on their ground connections and ive re-checked the harness connection to the distributor f.i. points as well.