Re: O2 light comes on about 4k rpms

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:44:10 -0800 "Kris Rayner" <veritech@fix.net>
writes:
><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>On my '84 Scirocco, my oxygen 
>sensor light will come on if the engine is 
>reved for more than a second or two above 4k rpms. I've also noticed, 
>especially at night, that the cluster lights will dim at the same time
the light 
>comes on and the oil temp guage will drop about 15 degrees. Once I
upshift 
>though and get the revs below 4k, everthing goes back to normal. I'm 
>suspecting the alternator. Maybe the commutator is chewed up and the 
>brushes are skipping?...any ideas?


Check out the brushes first. See what kind of shape they're in. 


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
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best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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