Gti 1.9 8v Engine Wont Start

[GTI_Lee 0]

well basically it wont start.

 

i have a spark and i have fuel.i have triple checked the ht leads and they are fine.

 

all i have done since the car was running fine is...

 

fitted hydraulic handbrake and rerouted the lines throughh the car

changed o/s driveshaft

changed oil and filter

changed fuel filter

 

i have put £20 fresh fuel in and it started wasrunning really rough for about 1min then it just bogged down.

 

now wont start.

 

any ideas.thanks lee

[Mikey S 29 1 Cars]

did you fill the gearbox oil through top of the gearbox mate? if you have you may have disturbed the wiring for the airflow meter.

 

check none of the wires have pulled out the connector.

[GTI_Lee 0]

no i filleed it through the side..

 

ill check the AIR flow meter because i remeber i knocked the top casing off it when changing the battery.. ill check the wires now aswell.

 

thanks lee

[GTI_Lee 0]

just been and chgecked... the plug was ok on the AFM and all the wires are fine going into the plug itself.

 

anymore ideas?

 

im gutted really because i was hoping to send it in for MOT this week

 

thanks lee

[GTI_Lee 0]

if the ignition/coil amp module is faulty. could i still be getting a spark but not powerfull enough?

 

thing is im getting a spark but it might not be powerfully enough.

 

i must admit i did leave the ignition on all night one night..

 

lee

[GTI_Lee 0]

wahoo!!!

 

its all sorted.

 

i came to it tonight. whipped the tachy relay out and wd40 thats.. then went to ignition amp pulled it off and emery clothed the back of that to make a good earth..double checked firing order. and first turn it went.

 

im pretty sure its a dodgy connectiong with the tachy relay because you can have it in one position and it is making the fuel pump run constant with ignition off aswell... hmmm..

 

but anyway i have another problem lol i took it for a little drive and there was oil everywhere when i got back came out of the dipstick.. there is a BREATHER on the rubber joint between the AFM + Inlet..which goes under the dissy cap and then comes back on itself through some kind of metal caption???then goes off under the inlet.

 

well i took this pipe off by the inlet took for a drive and there wasnt any oil splashing out.so i take it there is a problem there.i am almost 100% sure that it isnt kinked could there be a prob with that metal kinda thing?? What is it by the way?

 

thanks for listnening

 

lee

[jas-E 1]

i think thas the supplementary air device (SAD) you're talking about.

[Grim.Badger 15]

i think thas the supplementary air device (SAD) you're talking about.

 

Definitely the SAD which shouldn't be any where near any oil; you haven't overfilled have you How good is the seal on the dipstick?

[GTI_Lee 0]

i might have over filled a little bit TBH because the oil was new and i have it on the axle stands at the time.so might not of got correct reading.

 

also.... the seal has gone on the dipstick so.... imight just wrap some tape around dipstick to help it?

 

thanks lee

[Grim.Badger 15]

i might have over filled a little bit TBH because the oil was new and i have it on the axle stands at the time.so might not of got correct reading.

 

also.... the seal has gone on the dipstick so.... imight just wrap some tape around dipstick to help it?

 

thanks lee

 

New dipsticks are only about £8 and well worth getting. If the oil was too high the crank will have churned it up and thrown it out of the dipstick hole, same thing happened to me.