95 Talon ignition problem

[gwilson4]

Last week I drove my 95 Eagle Talon tsi to work. It started up fine and ran normally to my first destination. After about 5 minutes, I started it again and the whole front of the car started shaking and it was idling very rough, then died after about 4-6 seconds. The auto shop I took it to said one of the coil pack's was broken and the power transistor was weak. I just finished replacing both coil packs and the power transistor but when I go to start the car it will turn over fine but won't start. It comes very close to starting (the tach will slightly move and I can hear the engine try and turn over) I can smell fuel coming out of my exhaust so I know it's not a fuel problem... Any Ideas??

 

[95blackGsTurbo]

Do you have the wires ran correctly. Sounds like you have the firing order off. Standing at the front of your car here is the order of the coil and the adjacent cylinders

Coilpack 4-1-2-3 (Timing belt side)

Engine 4-3-2-1 (Timing belt side)

 

[4g63and420a]

I had a very similar problem on my 95 tsi. Turned out the camshaft positon sensor went bad. Just somthing you should check. Good luck

 

[gwilson4]

Okay, so I finally got the car started.. I went back and looked at the coil pack and I forgot to ground it out. When I first got it started, it ran a little rough and really rich which I would expect after trying to start it for a few days. I drove it around for 10-15 minutes and it ran perfectly normal the entire time. When I tried to start it again a few minutes later, it idled extremely rough again and when I tried to accelerate there was barely any power, but after maybe half a mile it snapped out of it and ran perfectly fine again. Any ideas why it's being so inconsistent??