just bought a 91 tsi and the car has been sitting for a while. long story short no spark or fuel. had it taken the the dealer cause i dont know much about these cars and they said it need a new distributor and coil. i know also that the is no fuel being pumped by the injectors whent the car is cranking but there was fuel in the rail.

if there something in the DSMs that stops the injectors from firing until spark is seen? any help appreciated

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by g2turbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if there something in the DSMs that stops the injectors from firing until spark is seen?</TD></TR></TABLE>I thought that ALL cars did that beginning somewhere mid-'80s. Something about crash safety...

 

A distributor? In a DSM, I dont think so, you may want to double check that. Should be DIS.

 

I had 2 DSMs and they are distributorless ignitions.

Buy a new coil, wires, plugs, then try cranking it.

 

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I would try another ecu if you have access to one. The capacitors inside the ecus usually start leaking after all these years. Cheap fix most of the time.

 

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That is correct, major DSM problem. Sometimes they require a ignition control module......

 

The ecu is a very common problem.
I had 2 of them. 1st gens are notorious for have that problem.
Look at this website it should have all the info you need.

http://www.dsm.org