Hi all,
One day, my '94 Golf with 60k on the clock is running quite happily (did about 200 miles at the weekend), the next it turns over but won't fire up. I checked the distributor cap, and the rotor arm appeared to have worn out -- horrible carbon deposits on the end of the rotor and the terminals inside the cap.
So, I changed the rotor and cap. The engine still won't start. Is the carburization inside the distributor likely to be a symptom of some other electrical problem?
If not, where else should I be looking? The fuel pump makes a `grrzp' noise when the ignition is switched on, so I presume it's working OK, and I fitted a new fuel filter about 4000 miles ago when I bought the car. Is the injection system (Bosch mono-motronic) likely to have failed unexpectedly?
Any help appreciated before I give in and call a mechanic! This never happened with my '88 Golf with 140k on the clock, I should've just kept it, grumble grumble :-).
Ben.