Re: Car shudders when turning left - what gives?

["PC Handyman" <pchandyman@earthlink.net>]

Try inspecting your intake boots for cracks. If you have
one, it will cause the very symptoms you are describing.
When you accelerate or put the engine in any kind of bind,
the crack opens up, letting in un-metered air that causes
your car to buck violently.

If this is the problem, you're lucky. The boots are cheap.


- -Noah


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Ebling <tim@surreal.com>
To: 'Scirocco Mail List' <scirocco-l@privateI.com>
Date: Thursday, August 13, 1998 1:22 PM
Subject: Car shudders when turning left - what gives?


>
>Hey everyone - got a problem.  My '88 16V shudders
violently when I am
>accelerating into a left-hand turn.  It doesn't do this if
I'm turning
>right or going straight, or not accelerating.  Has anyone
else had this
>kind of problem?  It definitely feels like it is coming
from the front,
>and it doesn't really "feel" like it's the engine.
>
>It just started doing this the day after I put my new K&N
filter in, but
>I can't imagine how this would cause the problem (there is
a little green
>wire w/ a female connector near my fuel filter/airbox, and
I can't figure
>out where it goes, but I still don't think this wire would
cause the
>problem...)
>
>More likely, I suspect, is an outer CV joint.  Three weeks
ago I rebuilt
>all my CV joints (and replaced one of my outers).  All the
joints seemed
>to be in good condition, and the re-install and driving
since then have
>gone just fine.  So if this shuddering (and OH how it
shudders) is caused
>by a seizing outer joint, what then?  What would cause
this?  Is there
>anything else I could be overlooking besides a bad joint?
>
>Thanks for any and all help...  I have to lead the pack of
Sciroccos on
>the Seattle Cruise-Out this weekend, and I'm not looking
forward to
>driving like a grandma through the left turns :(
>
>-tim
>
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