96 VW Jetta 2.0 , 140K, engine stall

1996 VOLKSWAGEN
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WALTER
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Car started fine and drove 100yds and then stalled. Cranks but will not kick over.
Jan 31, 2007 at 6:43 PM
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2CARPRO JACK
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Got spark? Got fuel? check engine light on?
Jan 31, 2007 at 11:49 PM
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WALTER
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Yes- fuel. Yes- spark. No engine lite.
Feb 1, 2007 at 3:47 PM
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2CARPRO JACK
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Need to check for injector pulse.May have fuel pressure, but if injectors dont hit none gets in the engine
Feb 2, 2007 at 1:11 AM
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WALTER
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correction ! I have no spark.... Belts are fine , fuel is fine. Coil pac perhaps? It is expensive troubleshooting with new parts. Thanks
Feb 2, 2007 at 7:28 PM
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2CARPRO JACK
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I know it is,but if there is injector pulse then the PCM is seeing the engine turn and petty much leaves us with the coil pack
Feb 5, 2007 at 2:44 AM
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WALTER
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Thanks for the help.. Jack. It was the coil pack. It failed two times in 5 years. The mech that saw the car didn't do any electrical work- hence my open questions for which I had no answers. Thanks for narrowing it down (troubleshooting).
Feb 6, 2007 at 4:16 PM
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