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Any of you Snow Belt buddies want to whack at this one?  I found it on
the watercooled NG.

<mailto:alder1@nycap.rr.com>

I think it's the timing belt myself.
TBerk

mad_caddie wrote:
> 
> let me start from the begining...
> i live in upstate ny, and as i'm sure you know, we got lots of snow on
> friday, well, the place i work can't plow to save their lives. so i had to
> drive through a bunch of deep snow to park. when i went to go home, i
> noticed the car started funny, but seemed to run ok. then i started driving
> home, with the radio on so i couldn't hear the engine. i ended up getting i
> some more deep snow on the unplowed road, i think the alternator belt was
> slipping, cause my battery light came on and the car shuddered really bad. i
> got out of the snow and it recovered. so i get home, and turn off the car in
> the road so i can shovel the drive, and the car won't start after i get
> done.  i determined it to be a spark problem, and changed the rotor, and
> capwith ones i had laying around. after charging the batter back up, the car
> started up. it was idling ok, but when i stared to drive it, if i got on the
> gas at all it pinged like crazy, and the car was shaking really bad from the
> engine running like shit. so i went home, and drove the womans golf to work.
> then i get home today, and change the plugs, wires, and coil, and it starts
> up funny again, and pings really bad again. the cat hangs really low to the
> ground, and it was makin' lots of rattling noises...i think it's all messed
> up inside, and that is making the car run like crap...or maybe my ignition
> system crapped out from getting all wet in the snow. but right now the car
> idles irratic, it doesn't idle very smooth, and it pings like crazy under
> load....any ideas?
> thanks
> kurt
> '82 scirocco
> '85 jetta
> '90 corrado g60
> '94 golf gl

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