My project= 1992 tsi

[Constant_Project21]

That car just does not wanna go home with you. That sucks man! I hope you get it figured out.

Haha I know! Tell me about it. Its home now, so I will try to figure it out. If worst comes to worst, ill be looking for a 6 bolt longblock, to plug and play (and this time no balance shafts haha). So Im just gonna keep pressing forward, got one of my female friends coming over to help fix it. She doesnt know anything about dsm's but she will ease the sting of it not starting...haha! I got some pics of the car in all its glory (on the flatbed..lol), ill try to post them later.

[Constant_Project21]

So it cranks (slowly), gets fuel, and has spark. I gotta get the oil pan off soon. Really at a loss.

[Archertsi]

If I am not mistaken, this is your car when a local guy here was selling it.
http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20993

I bowl on a league with the guy and he had this flooding problem for a while, replaced allot of parts trying to figure it out. Then when the headgasket blew, he thought maybe that was the cause. He lists some details in this thread, you may want to PM him for other info.

Hope it helps!

[Constant_Project21]

Thats def. my car, i will have to pm him. But doesnt sound like he knows the issue either.

[Goat Blower]

Yeah, that's the car. I fixed all the stuff wrong with it as well as some other small things not listed there. Whatever it's doing right now has nothing to do with running rich or flooding, that's a pretty simple fix. When I did the headgasket, I inspected the cylinder bores very closely, all looked very good. The head and block deck surfaces were straight and in great shape, it simply had an old stock gasket which eventually failed. There was no signs of detonation on the piston tops or even large carbon build-up from running rich. Except for a choppy idle, it ran great while I had it. This isn't something I've seen before.

[Constant_Project21]

I smelled gas when it died on the freeway, and even the tow truck driver said why it smelled so gassy. The non-start issue is the main problem now, and if its had fuel issues, and I'm smelling fuel...kinda sounds like a fuel issue. Possible f.p.r. problem?

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

It's possible that the diaphragm in the FPR blew out and the fuel is getting back into the intake manifold through the vacuum line. I had that problem on my car a couple years ago, but I was running an Aeromotive FPR at the time. What fuel pump is in it?

[munchgsx]

UPDATE!!
Well steve got it on the lift, and found out that the balance shaft belt, got something caught in it, and was shredding the belt. So all is good. I should have her back by monday or tuesday. :banana:

That why I asked it it still has balance shafts.

[Constant_Project21]

That why I asked it it still has balance shafts.

And I answered you in an earlier post. Its running a walbro 190, i think the ad said. I wasnt informed of any prexisting fuel issues before the sale, wouldve made me think a little more about buying it.

[Constant_Project21]

Since its been a while, I figured I would post up a little update.
The talon has been taking a nap under a blanket of snow, until today when my family mechanic stopped by. After a few minutes and a compression test, we found out it had none in a couple cylinders....compression that is. I guess the lower timing belt pulley wiggled loose a bit, allowing the belt to jump some teeth and bend some valves.
So, I will need a head, and then we will check over the rest of it as well.