Re: Nology sux!

[Paul Krucke <vwfan53@yahoo.com>]

--Brad Sheridan <brads@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> At 05:57 AM 8/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Well, sounds like the HALL sensor in the distributor is dead or on
its
> >last leg.  A common occurance on 16v's.  The simple solution is to
> >just replace the entire distributor.  You may have had a pre-existing
> >condition, and the Nology 'amplified' it (pun intended). 
> 
> Alright, that was one thing I had considered. But, how long would
the Hall
> sensor hold up doing this intermittent thing? Its been doing it for
several
> months, and maybe a few thousand miles.

Mine was acting up over about 1500 miles.

> 
> >I have found 16v distributors (HALL) to last between 100~150k miles,
> >or 10years.
> 
> Sounds about like replacement time to me. But I'm probably going to
try
> some other things first, like resistor plugs, because a distributor
isn't a
> cheap thing to replace if its not positively the problem.

I paid $123.00 for a new distributor 2yrs ago.

==
- -Paul
http://home1.gte.net/vwfan
98 Beetle TDi
87 Scirocco 16v ES #53
87 Jetta GLi
63 Bug Sunroof

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