the quattro has given up the ghost. it's a 1985 car, 10v turbo (WR). i left it at my pal's garage recently to have the radiator re-cored and it was giving him grief all week when trying to start. this was before he even opened the bonnet so i can't think that he's disturbed anything in there.
the car has recently been great at starting, both when hot and cold thanks to the recent boost leak test/ fix. however, for no good reason it's suddenly appalling to start on the verge of flattening the battery. when it fires up it's running as normal.
i put it into the garage across the road - they have some vintage rallying experience and are very familiar with the set up, but they are starting to scratch their heads now. having done all of the obvious things, the next on the list is to have the starter out and to check that the timing pin is still present, but of course the crank position sensor is seized in place!
anyway, tell me that i'm wrong to consider this is the source of the trouble: i bought this coil from ebay around three weeks ago - the car ran for at least two weeks without incident.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGK-IGNITI...item485819cdbc
the mechanic tells me that although the spark is often weak and intermittent, he doubts that even this coil (which as it turns out isn't even for a ur quattro) isn't the source of the trouble.
does anyone have a magic wand that they can post to me, please?!
the car has recently been great at starting, both when hot and cold thanks to the recent boost leak test/ fix. however, for no good reason it's suddenly appalling to start on the verge of flattening the battery. when it fires up it's running as normal.
i put it into the garage across the road - they have some vintage rallying experience and are very familiar with the set up, but they are starting to scratch their heads now. having done all of the obvious things, the next on the list is to have the starter out and to check that the timing pin is still present, but of course the crank position sensor is seized in place!
anyway, tell me that i'm wrong to consider this is the source of the trouble: i bought this coil from ebay around three weeks ago - the car ran for at least two weeks without incident.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGK-IGNITI...item485819cdbc
the mechanic tells me that although the spark is often weak and intermittent, he doubts that even this coil (which as it turns out isn't even for a ur quattro) isn't the source of the trouble.
does anyone have a magic wand that they can post to me, please?!
....his stunning red UR Quattro coupe.
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