1993 Golf Mk3 GTI, Wont START!

[amn]

Ok, heres the deal...
The car has been running 100% ever since ive owned it, the ONLY problem I ever had was in the morning when I started the car up and drove up my driveway, it would hesitate a little bit, and thats about it. I took the car to the gas station recently to fill it up, it had half a tank of gas already. After having the car filled it, I tried to start it... and all it would do is turn over... Its turning over with a slight whining sound but really faint and that is it... its not even coming close to trying to actually start only turning over.

So I got to troubleshooting it with a multimeter because I figured it was either fuel or spark problem. I pulled the fuel line off of the engine and tried starting it, and fuel started pooring out nicely, so I figure the fuel pumps are running fine, then I pulled a spark plug off of the block and held it against the block and tried starting... no spark. So I busted out the multimeter and started shooting.... the the center cable is providing 10-11v's to the distributer cap, So I tried replacing the cap, and the rotor just for kicks... but still doesnt work, same exact problem... I read alot about bad relays, but why would the center cable be providing the voltage to the cap if it was a bad relay or wire?

any ideas?

[rh3017]

try replacing your spark plugs

[boschmann]

You might want to pull the cap & make sure the rotor button turns when the engine is cranked. If that's okay then check to see if you have 12V between the outer two pins of the three pin distributor harness connector (key on).