Re: '85 scirocco

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 03:54 PM 4/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
>My '85 idles really bad when it's cold.  I have to keep it at 2000 rpm for
>about a minute and then it seems to run ok.  If i don't keep my foot on
>the gas for the first minute it'll run at 1000 then dip down to 0 and
>either quit or sputter and run up to 100 again.  Does anyone have any tips
>to remedy this problem?  Also, how hard is it to replace the front rotors
>myself? (no experience with brake work).


Hey, how come there are not any pics of your car on your web site?? BAD BAD 
BAD!

Well, I guess if nobody is gonna help you out, I'll try.
My best quess is that your thermal time switch may be acting up? Your gonna 
need to do some testing. Get your Bently and an ohm meter and check out the 
diagnosis section. (This shouldnt be new to you, Dr. in training) You
 could also have a bad connection too, depends on what the visual inspection 
finds. Give that a go! 
Now, to change your rotors, all you need is a wrench to remove the calipars 
and a phillips screwdriver to remove the set screw that actually holds the 
rotor to the hub. Its a 5 min job, start to finish. 
Now, if I were you, and you had a bad set of rotors, odds are that the pads 
are shot as well?? Replacing the pads are fiarly easy, you will need a calipar 
compressor tool OR a big ol' set of channel locks. You can recompress the 
piston in the calipar this way if your careful not to damage the piston. 
HTH!



Shawn
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