more 16v q's

["Jason Arms" <redbug64@hotmail.com>]

List,

Ok, i took my sparkplugs out of my 1.8L 16v GLI tonight to find 2 things 
wrong:  1.  They were platnums, and 2. The were coated in a dry black 
substance.  Didn't appear to be oil, but more like the car was running rich.

The car has a leak in the exaust in the flex section in the downpipe.  This 
is before the o2 sensor, that i am assuming is working cause there is no 
light on the dashboard.  Normally when it is running, it appears to be 
burning oil cause it is smoking from both the flex section, and the tail 
pipe at idle, and really bad when i rev it.  I unplugged the o2 sensor 
tonight, and it seems to have stopped smoking at idle, but still barfs out 
some when i punch it.  I was having a hard time seeing this cause it is dark 
out now, but im pretty shure that is what is going on.  The funny thing is 
when i unplugged both connections to the 02 sennsor and the dash light still 
has not come on.

Maybee cause the exaust is leaking before the o2 sensor, it is tricking the 
cpu to give out more gas than needed?  Has anyone ever experienced a problem 
like this before?  It would be really cool to know that the rings are still 
alive and kickin'! ;)  TIA!

Jason Arms (Essex, VT)

'87 Scirocco 16v
'88 Jetta GLI 16v (New winter car)
'64 Sunroof Beetle (livin a new life)
'84 Rabbit GTI RIP
'84 Jetta GLI<----------------------(For Sale) With Parts-_
'84 Jetta GLI (parts car)RIP<-----------------------------
My web page (work in progress!)  
http://www.crosswinds.net/~xscirocco16vx/index.html

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