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Old 11-30-2015, 08:37 PM
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So I need some help here. My 87 944 isn't starting. I have no spark at all and no tach bounce. So naturally I thought it was the speed/reference sensors. So I changed those and still nothing. I have a brand new dme and still nothing. Are there things I should check? I am pretty new to the whole Porsche world so I don't know what is common to go out on those. Thanks
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Does everything look ok underneath the distributor cap? Rotor, contacts?
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Originally Posted by Porsche944noob
I have no spark at all and no tach bounce. So naturally I thought it was the speed/reference sensors.
That, or the connectors/wiring in the S/R sensor harnesses.

But before you dig into those harnesses, I would bypass, or replace, the DME relay.
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Well I got it fixed. I have no idea what it was. I had given up on the spark problem for a little bit and started to pull the injectors because I had assumed they were dirty from sitting. Then I put it all back together and then it started! No problem and idles great



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