Why dont you check for resistance in your spark plug wires? Sounds like your getting fuel.

If they work occasionaly than its not a blown fuse sounds to me like a poor connection. Get some wiring diagrams and figure out if those are all on the same circuit.

Your syncros are probably going

Do NOT start it anymore and check all timing marks if they are off then pull the head and check your valves. Sounds to me like your timing is off

I would try new plugs and wires but it could be your tps

I had the same leak and i put form a gasket around were the gear on the tcase goes into the tranny and no more leak

93 is a good year just make sure you ready do do a motor swap ### stock 93s come with 7 bolt motors. I love mine

Does it feel like its bucking and does it seem like you should be getting better gas mileage?

There are two sets of marks on our cam gears make shure you reading the right ones. To have done this correctly you should have marked the marks on the cam gears at tdc. Take your number 1 spark plug out and set it to tdc the best you cant then look at which cam gear marks line up.

I personaly got a 2g shift nob and a short shifter simply because i was sick of slamming my hand into the radio lol

By all means do so. I'm just throwing another option out there. Im not a fan of having my pistons groung down.And unless your getting the head ported you might as well just get a new one.

It depends what he wants to do with the car. Now would be the perfect time for building his internals for performance or if he wants to just bring it back to stock i would say just get a used motor. I bought mine right after this had happened and it had blown a hole right through the number one...

Save yourself the time and buy a used JDM Longblock. The same thing happened to me I wouldnt doubt that you have a hole in your piston. I bought the longblock and its amazing. Most likely this is a much cheaper alternative.Even if you rebuild the top and bottom end your motor is more likely to...

If your fifth gear is out as well its most likely a bent shift fork and or bad fifth gear synchros.(fifth gear and reverse are on the same shifter rail) I have the same problem with my 1993 TSI. I only have gears one through four. If your fifth gear is fine most likely you can adjust or replace...

Mine does the same thing and i have no cat

What did they do, ### i have all the equipment i need to do anything on this car lol

Im getting a compression tester its getting everything just not at the right time. I think its ignition timing but im not sure how to time it when its not runningit cranks but wont turn over

All that is strait, i has nothing to do with personal error

I have a 1993 TSI with a recently dropped in cyclone motor. The car never started but cranks. Im using the stock harness and had to swap the connectors. Im using the JDM ECU and no the valves are not bent. I cant figure out what the problem is for the life of me.

I have a 1993 TSI with a recently dropped in cyclone motor. The car never started but cranks. Im using the stock harness and had to swap the connectors. Im using the JDM ECU and no the valves are not bent. I cant figure out what the problem is for the life of me. At tdc im getting 5 volts from...

At tdc im getting 5 volts from the tdc output and zero volts a crank angle sensor. Is this correct?

How would i move it lol. Do i take of the valve cover and set it to tdc?

I recently dropped a cyclone motor in my 1993 TSI. The timing is perfect the valves cant possibly be bent, the starter and alternator are mint and the car is getting fuel and spark. I swapped the ECUs from usdm to jdm. The car cranks and puffs out black smoke but will not run. I think I have to...

I'm yet to figure that out.

about how much would it be to have a head ported?

the damage was it destroyed a spark plug and the valve is broken but i could get a head off a used car and i would run just fine, ### at this point i just wanna drive it.

I found my exhaust valve sitting on top of piston number four, so obviously theres a problem. But would i be better off getting my head ported and machined or just getting one off a used motor?

Thats what i suspect im pulling the head today, but how the hell does something get in the cylinder bore?

This is number one spark plug all are fouled like this but this ones electrode is completely destroyed

yes it turns by hand and the dowel pins on the cam sprocket are supposed to be at twelve, correct? if so the marks all line upAnd the guy i bought it from knew nothing of the car.and the starter clicks

I have a 1993 TSI AWD, The plugs are fouled and number one plug had the electrode destroyed. It wont turn over, but i suspect that to be the starter. I dont want to turn it over because i think one or all of the valvs is bent. Does this happen often? Its a six bolt motor and the guy i bought it...