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Have you tried starting it with wd40 or ether?

Have you ever figured this one out?

the charging system doesn’t work until the car is running. Battery light will be on in any car while cranking as it’s using a heavy load to power the starter

I am getting fuel, not sure how much but I see a puff when cranking. And the fuel cutoff sits around 9V while cranking. I have bought a new one since they’re cheap but I haven’t replaced it. https://youtube.com/shorts/0L8WnIsSgA4?si=ulfAa4VQypYwMd9I that’s a video I took a couple months ago of...

So the timing and IQ I’ve messed with several times. When I first got the car, the graph was dead on the blue line and IQ was 2.2. I only advanced it so so if it would aid in starting, and I did bump the IQ up to about 3.8. There was no change unfortunately. Then messing around with trying to...

2003 ALH Wagon. Crank no start. Will start with starting fluid (yes I know). Will post all info I know. I purchased this vehicle in April in the same condition of not running without starting fluid. Drove 500 miles home with it. Previous owner stated timing was done about 25k miles ago and this...

I’ll see if I can record what’s happening. I’m fairly certain the ASV is working normally though

also if it helps, it’ll start up when cold in the morning after like 5-10 seconds of cranking. Takes longer when hot. I did unplug the ECT with no change and added a CEL

yeah not the best video as the focus seemed to be more on the steering wheel lol I figured it looks about half way between 0-1000. It’s a brand new Bosch starter I got from worldpac. The previous owner had a duralast in it that failed so I replaced it

Takes a couple seconds to register but roughly 500rpm on the tach. I just uploaded a video to YouTube. https://youtube.com/shorts/0L8WnIsSgA4?si=iOyccqNhsaLfipNs

im not 100% sure, i have a video of me running it at operating temp, shutting it down and instantly trying to start it back up. I could crank it for like 15-20 seconds and it’ll fire but that itself confuses me. I have heat, compression and fuel. What more do I need or better yet what do I not have?

To my understand though they’re just a fuel return for what’s not used right? Can they create pump cavitation even though they’re after the pump?

those I haven’t touched, I don’t see any external fuel leaks

Yeah I didn’t do anything to the car but maintenance and repairs lol I bought it this way. Would it be more worth buying stock injectors or tuning it for the .216? I read all over about people doing nozzles without a tune and they say it’s great so I have no clue

nelson @ tekmektronics confirmed it for me. I’m told he’s really good. But if I had an ECU issue I don’t think the car would run at all? I’ve driven it home about 8 hours without letting it run out of fuel, just won’t start back up without help from my combustible friend Ether…

I have an 03 ALH wagon 5mt. Bought back in April was told it has a cold start issue. Previous owner used a tiny shot of ether to get it running, car runs and drives fine, just rolls a lot of coal. Previous owner had the car timed ~ 25k miles ago, along with installing an 11mm IP and .216...

Did you end up getting new injectors?

Now I have an update for you guys. Finally got some time on my hands to look more into it. Since the starter would turn over and do the skipping and jumping I found that since it’s a duralast piece of junk, I went ahead and got a Bosch unit through my job and a new battery. Turns out this whole...

Sounds like I need to find a TDI guru then

Yeah I just took a look at the IP bolts, they’re maxed out advanced so even if I wanted to adjust it I couldn’t. Ordering a timing kit now