Did you loose compression?   YOu can tell just by the sound,
     as the motor cranks, if something bad happened hear...

     If that sounds OK replace the coil. I had A coil that was
     internally shorting. You could see the spark, but it wasn't
     enough to run my Vanagon. It shorted because of the wrong plugs.

                 Eric Zeno
                 emz@nauticom.net
                 86 Syncro
                 86 GL
                 72 240Z
               1936 Chrysler

On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Growly Bear wrote:

> I have an 87 syncro (MV with digifant water-cooled engine) which will not 
> start.  It died in the middle of an intersection and hasn't run since.
> 
> I have checked sensors and switches that are shown in Bradley's Vanagon 
> tech manual and they read correctly.  I can smell the fuel when I try to 
> start it.  The spark and compression are good.
> 
> The one or two times that it tried to start, it pumped black fuel and 
> white smoke out the tail pipe. 
> 
> I'm looking for ideas.
> 
> H E L P
>