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1985 245 GLTi Wont Start and I'm almost at my wits end. 200

posted by  chris on  Tue Oct 1 14:49 CST 2002
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I don't know about 1985, with the B230 motor, but I had a similar problem last fall on my 1984 245 (non turbo). Lots of spark, but no fuel when I opened up the injector line. (Right about then, I really started wishing I had a carb.) The problem turned out to be the ECU (fuel injection computer). There was some kind of bad ground inside it. Was able to isolate the problem by examining the fuel pump relay. Whenever I manually grounded that relay, the fuel pump would work. It was supposed to ground itself inside the ECU. Once I put in a new (used, actually) ECU, things worked great.

Don't know if we have the same fuel injection system, but it sounds like your computer isn't telling the system to work. I'd look at the ECU. The wiring diagrams in Haynes are okay, but do you have a Bentley manual? I seem to remember those diagrams being even better. I love the Bentley manual, and you should seriously consider investing in one if you're going to do a lot of your own work.






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