Getting fuel, no spark.

[davidreckless]

Alright DSMtuners, still trying to get my 96 TSi going. Still not getting spark.
Car jumped time and we repaired it. Timing is spot on, new head gasket and head bolts also. Put everything back together according to torque specs and tried to start her up. No luck. Car turns over smoothly but not getting any spark. We can definitely smell fuel. Checked plugs, plug wires, coil pack/tested with another one, and replaced the power transistor. My guess would be the capacitors leaked in the ecu, when you try to start it the starter relay makes a buzzing sound sometimes and vibrates, the car wont start turning over when it does this, but it starts turning over on the second try or so. I've checked all fuses and all seem well. Everything seems to be connected properly.

I'm at a loss right now.
Sorry for this being such a story, , I'm just trying to give every detail to get the answer.

 

[mrbill86]

Did you and Ricky check the cas?

 

[agentorange313]

if your ecu inst functioning, you will most likely get a burnt smell from the ecu.

Pull it out and take the cover off, give it a smell.

 

[davidreckless]

The CAS is behind the cam gear, so I really don't want to mess with that right now until I've eliminated everything else, and a guy I talked to said it more then likely wasn't going to be that. I'm going to finish checking the free things first then go from there....I know the capacitors in these ECU's are known to leak. I checked the book and there are a few points where the Crank Angle Sensor has to be bolted down for it to work....I'm thinking maybe it didn't get bolted down all the way? I'll check....just a few things that have run across my mind.

 

[mrbill86]

Well check the cas anyways because I have recently ran across three different cars that were having a problem starting and all three turned out to be the cas. And yea, definitely check the ecu.

 

[Bluefire16]

Sounds like you just dont want to try the ECU. It takes 5 mins to take out of the car and open up. Have a look, and look for any burns or leaks.

Sounds like ECU.

 

[davidreckless]

Lol I WANT TO TRY THE ECU. The car is just 40 minutes away, and is hard to get out there with college and all. What I dont want to try is the CAS. I'm towing the car tomorrow to my house...I'll definitely yank that ecu out first.

 

[50trimgst]

I know you don't want to check the cas but when my motor locked up it broke my timing belt and the belt came up and hit the cas and put a small crack in it. You gotta take the timing gear off to inspect it tho. Also it's like 50 bucks at advace auto if you wondering abought the cost.

 

[xyexz]

Just do yourself a favor and save yourself some time, change the ECU, takes mere minutes to do and twice now has been my issue when not having any spark but plenty of fuel.

Just my $0.02