'91 Talon Tsi Hard to Start Options

[Max Diesel]

Hello all,
I have a '91 Talon Tsi and I've noticed lately that it's hard to start. It cranks over fine but will not fire. After a couple times trying it finally starts. This happens cold or hot.

Any thoughts?

[mark95turbo]

I'm gonna have to guess that you should give me the car Brett!  No really though, Ide guess on either ECU or O2 sensor.  Probably the ECU though.

Actually I might sell it soon. (I'll fix it first!) With the holiday's coming up a little extra money would be nice!

It started today and I drove it to my shop and removed the ECU. Sure enough when I opened it, one of the big caps is leaking and it smells like dead fish! It has a black spot (size of a quarter) by the leaking cap so i'm guessing that it is shorting something out. That's explains the intermittent starting issue lately.

I need an ECU ASAP!

I have a complete set of capacitors to replace them all on your current ECU Brett. You can have them. Give me a call if you are interested and i could drop them by bloomington if you feel like your soldering skills are up to the challenge! If you dont have my # still PM me. I'm seriously missing my talon a TON and my dream car is a 91 black talon without a sunroof so call me anyways.