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mr.mindless:
$700 2000 auto sedan in silver, lighter grey cloth interior in ok shape. 150k-ish
Some rocker rust, bad passenger fender (came with replacement)
Supposedly good automatic
Fresh tires on 15s
Recent reman injection pump
Quit and won’t start. Timing belt is whole, tight, and has teeth on it. Hoping it’s just a couple teeth out of time. Lifters are not shattered and are against the cam, so I may have underpaid, not overpaid. I’ll find out soon!

I was shopping for a boat donor. This might be a flip instead? TBD as yet.

mr.mindless:

mr.mindless:
It’s a stripper model. Manual windows and mirrors.

Lots of parts and a FULL set of timing belt service tools in the trunk.

3.5 cans of starting fluid, 2 gallons of new oil, and a zip tie on the glow plug harness

Paperwork found says injection pump may be bad replacement. Will start from scratch and see.



18may2022 it was at Basil VW of Lockport $345.60
6 miles ago on odometer

A
CUSTOMER STATES PARKING BRAKE LIGHT IS FLASHING. CHECK AND ADVISE.

B CUSTOMER STATES THEY JUST REPLACED INJECTION PUMP AND NOW VEHICLE
WILL NOT START


144341 vehicle will not start
scan.
no fault
charged battery and performed vehicle scan, no fault stored. I removed fuel feed line to high pressure pump and applied suction to line,
fuel was drawn from tank. I removed all
4 high pressure lines to fuel injectors and cranked engine, fuel was being pushed but at
low volume. I removed all 4 injectors and
re-connected all 4 fuel lines.
I cranked engine, no fuel is being
pushed through the fuel injectors.
High pressure fuel pump is at fault
(not building up enough pressure)

 customer declined work, re-assembled
fuel system

144341 customer declined further diag. customer declined further
diag.
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6/13/22 Johnson’s automotive in Batavia $436.05
Fuel pump remove and replace
Bleed fluke system and adjust injection timing



Paperwork from Johnson’s doesn’t say if that was installing a used part or what.

mr.mindless:
injection pump locked up, will rotate 1/3 turn or so before a hard stop in both directions, with fuel lines off. timing belt is mostly stripped of teeth. The crank still turned the cam though. Engine would do a full revolution, so valves might be OK.

Polish pump rebuild ebay'd, timing belt kit ordered.
timing belt had a loose and bent bolt on the big idler pulley too. That wouldn’t have lasted.

Will probably pull camshaft for ease of getting crank to TDC without interference. Might pull injectors or GPs and make sure all holes hold air pressure. I don't remember if I have the right fittings to do a compression test on these.

mr.mindless:
Bottom of car looks pretty OK. Some rocker issues that look no worse from bottom than from top, and disconnected exhaust. Front end of that looks like it was never sealed up on the bottom at the cat, and the top of the weld is fine. back near that clamp it has a bunch of goobers and is fully separated.

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