I own a 92 Talon Tsi, Recently It has been sitting in my street due to gas prices being so high. Every week I used to cut it on and let it run for a little bit to keep the fluids from going bad. The past few weeks I have not let it run (beacuse I have been busy) and I went to go an cut it on the other day and It would not cut on. It starts for about 3 secs and dies. It turns but doesnt fire. I replaced the spark plugs because the old ones looked really bad I adjusted them to the factory specifications, and that didnt work. I dont know what the problem is, prob cause Im retarded and its something simple, so if you can help that would be great.

 

It does have gas right? Check for the basics first, like the fuses and the fuel pump relay.

 

Check pump, and coils/wires... come back when that is done and we can go from there.

 

+1

 

shame on you for letting a dsm sit.....tisk tisk....gas is no reason to ruin a perfectly good dsm but +1 on importfanatic statement

 

stay outta boost and you 'should' be just fine!

 

Make sure your battery isn't weak.

 

does it actually fire and then cut off or just not start? I'm puzzled as to why gas prices would make you park it in the first place, as a properly running DSM does not get bad gas mileage at all. You riding a bicycle instead or something?

 

the problem was the tps had shifted so it wasn't in the right place to stay on... but i fixed that... you can see it when i get it fixed this week...