I bought another 1g back in June or so from 95tsi (Dave) on here.
Here's what I know about the car's history:
-Three owners ago, the stock N/A 4g63 threw a rod.
-My friend Terre bought it from guy above.
-Terre installed turbo 6 bolt in it with no turbo just to get it on the road again, but it never ran right.
-Terre sold it to Dave (95tsi). Dave pulled out a giant rat's nest of wiring that looked like it was from about 3 different sound systems and all kinds of ricer stuff. Also had some ricer blue seats and other crap he got rid of. It now has nice stock seats in it.
-Dave daily drove it for a short while and it ran good until it just died on him on his way home.
-I bought it from Dave.
Ok, so if you are still with me now...
Dave never got the chance to mess with it, he got busy with life and decided to just get rid of it, so he gave me a good deal on it. After talking to him about the no start symptoms, we both agreed it seemed like a fuel issue.
First thing I checked was the fuel pump, which tested good. I replaced the fuel filter with one I had from my last 1g and gave it a shot. Turned and turned and nothing. Would just spit and sputter like one more turn would make it fire, but it just wouldn't. I took off the timing cover and found this:
Yikes. (I got a whole gates timing kit on Rock Auto for $58 though!) It seemed like it had good tension, so I figured I would see what the motor had for spark plugs. This is where things got ugly...
Found that in the #1 cylinder. Fuck me running. This won't be as cheap as I was hoping.
So I popped the valve cover off to see what it looked like inside.
Whoops, no rocker.
Oh, there you are!
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