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Old 11-13-2012, 11:58 PM
VWFringe VWFringe is offline
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Originally Posted by nulu View Post
I worked on a friends car with same results as yours and turned out it was a cracked distributor cap , when water got sprayed on dist cap it instantly died, removed cap and black cover and could see carbon tracking , replaced and all was well , i washed engine afterwards and car didint die.
Thanks,
before driving to get gas I decarbonized the dist cap and rotor (and don't believe I cracked it putting it back on, but again i'll pull it to double-check)

been down with a cold today, but got several cans of carb cleaner to degrease the pulleys and alt...battery's charged, and will try everything again tomorrow

keep feeding me tips, especially ones i haven't already done, thanks,
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