1991 VW Golf no spark

Maverick26 · Aug 4, 2010

I am posting this for a friend at work. He has a 91 VW golf with the 1.8L that one day he was driving down the road and it just stopped running and has not run since. He has replace the dizzy, cap, rotor, wires, plugs, and the coil. He also checked to see if the fuel pump was working and the filter is not clogged cause he is getting fuel. After all these new parts he tried grounding out a plug on the block and truning it over but no spark at all. Does anyone know anything about the VWs? I am loaning him my multi meter so he can run some tests. Crash, you should be the expert on these things now that you own one.

Clark · Aug 4, 2010

vw glof mk2 forum:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/forumdisplay.php?2-Golf-II-amp-Jetta-II

vw 8v engine forum:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/forumdisplay.php?43-8v-Engine-Forum

Boonie Buster · Aug 4, 2010

have you checked fuses....? :corn:

Sandtrap1986 · Aug 4, 2010

had a supra with the same problem turned out to be corroded wiring from the ignition to the brain box so check that

86tuning · Aug 14, 2010

make sure the dizzy is turning. a broken t-belt will cause a no-spark condition.

check for +12v at the coil with the ignition key 'on'

no +12v = no spark. try a jumper wire to the batt + terminal (hot wire the car lol)

Maverick26 · Aug 18, 2010

86tuning said:
make sure the dizzy is turning. a broken t-belt will cause a no-spark condition.

check for +12v at the coil with the ignition key 'on'

no +12v = no spark. try a jumper wire to the batt + terminal (hot wire the car lol)

What would make it have less then 12v at the coil?

Clark · Aug 18, 2010

Maverick26 said:
What would make it have less then 12v at the coil?

Bad ignition switch, or a bad/corroded connection, bad ground, bad battery.

How many volts are you getting?

Maverick26 · Aug 19, 2010

Clark said:
Bad ignition switch, or a bad/corroded connection, bad ground, bad battery.

How many volts are you getting?

It cranks but wont fire. I think the volts were 11.58 when I tested it last. Ill let the guy know.

Binder · Aug 19, 2010

Injected?

Maverick26 · Aug 19, 2010

Binder said:
Injected?

Yes, MPI.

Binder · Aug 19, 2010

Maverick26 said:
Yes, MPI.

Not to talk out of my ass because I know nothing about VW's. Many FI systems that control both spark and fuel will cut one or the other when certain things go wrong. You may chase spark forever only to find the real problem isn't directly related to spark.
First think check the trouble codes.

Maverick26 · Aug 19, 2010

Binder said:
Not to talk out of my ass because I know nothing about VW's. Many FI systems that control both spark and fuel will cut one or the other when certain things go wrong. You may chase spark forever only to find the real problem isn't directly related to spark.
First think check the trouble codes.

Ok, I will tell him to got get the codes read too. I told him that it was either fuel or spark. He said it gets fuel wile he is cranking it.

Its a good friend of mines commuter car, he lives in Kingston so it is hard for me to know what it going on. I have not even seen the car and I know nothing about VWs also. I was just stabbing to see if there was a VW spacific thing that he could check.

skinny_pedal · Aug 20, 2010

Maverick26 said:
Yes, MPI.

Motronic

Torrance · Sep 1, 2010

the plug on the side of the dist could be loose or broken wires. the fuel system has nothing to do with spark. coil could be bad? the dist could of went out? could be broken timing belt, because that gear turns the dist.