Re: What's wrong with my 2.0 16V??LONG

["Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>]

Shannon,

You and I practically built the same motor, and I had some problems at
first, too. I even yanked the head off due to some mis-information I got
about torquing the ARP head stud kit.

I really had to mess with the mixture. The car was running very well for the
first 700 miles and then it started pinging and then it would hardly run. I
tested my DPR and then adjusted the mixture. It was a good 2 full turns out.
Why? I have no clue. But I got it adjusted and the car started running
really strong. I can easily pull up to 7000 RPM's and the higher it gets,
the faster the revs go up.

I just got my car smog tested (California) today and it passed! When I
talked with the mechanic he said that it was still running a little lean, so
I think I still have some power that I haven't dialed in. BTW, I set it
fluctuating from 4-6 mA.

I can say for sure that the throttle likes to be rolled into rather then
stomping on it and giving WOT. It doesn't really like anything below 3K or
4K RPM's but over that and it starts flying.

Don't know if this was any help??? Let me know what you find.

Good luck -- Craig Williams
----- Original Message -----
From: Shannon Fenton <sfenton@amazon.com>
To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Cc: <stephygee@prodigy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 4:05 PM
Subject: What's wrong with my 2.0 16V??LONG


> All,
>
> Well as you all know if you read any of my posts my 2.0 16V just doesn't
> seem to be running as fast as what it should. Allot of you have asked me
> specific questions on it but I haven't had time to answer till today. So
> here's the lowdown and keep in mind this motor had to be swapped in in two
> days:
>
> 2.0 9A Block of unknown origin and mileage
> Rebuilt with all new bearings and rings
> One thing of note was slight non-factory scoring left in cylinder walls
> Acceptable play in oil pressure gears and shaft clearances
> 2.0 Head (sold to me as a brand new 1.8 head..ebay buyers beware) with
less
> than 50 miles on it.
> Ported and knife edged port features
> Slightly decked to create perfect mating surface
> Neuspeed euro cam installed from previous 1.8 head
> You can see pics of the port job at www.scirocco16v.com under the New Car
> Mods section.
> New Sachs 2.0 Clutch
> TT Racing downpipe with no cat and brand new O2 Sensor
> TT Catback with straight thru Magnaflow Muffler
> K&N Filter with drilled airbox
>
> OK..now to the problems. I hate to be so broad but the car just feels
slow.
> I can feel the torque of the 2.0 while just puttering around town but
under
> WOT the car just seems to be...well..dead. My previous 1.8 would eat this
> 2.0 for lunch under WOT. I know of two or three 1.8 rocs in the area that
I
> know they would smoke me. The 2.0 just refuses to have any pull. Day to
day
> running the car is great, its starts very quickly, idles smooth, no
pinging
> or adverse problems. This is seat of the pants testing here...that and
some
> drag time. I barely beat a Honduh accord up a hill when he was fully
loaded
> with four people...come on now, that's just sad.
>
> Things I've done to try figure out what's going on. ChrisD and I this
> weekend hooked up his test rig to test the mixture. I'm not sure of the
> specifics but it is a multi-meter plugged in with a harness between the
fuel
> distributor and the brain? Chirs? Anyway he says it should read somewhere
> around the 10-12 range and my car reads a constant 23.23. Chris also says
> this number should be constantly fluctuating due to the output from the O2
> sensor but the number remains very solid unless the throttle is opened up
> for a short period of time then the number decreases. We put a brand new
O2
> sensor in and it made no change. Chris indicates that the 23 number means
> the motor is running excessively lean. However under hard acceleration I
get
> a quite bit of black rich smoke telling me the motor is running rich.
> Anyone? I am very hesitant to drill out the metal plug in the fuel
> distributor and possibly screw things up worse. Now here's the kicker...we
> checked the timing and it was WAY off, amd it was decided that is was way
> off because when it was set the throttle cable was not in the correct
> position (at idle all the way closed) and activating the idle switch. We
> fixed the cable position and re-timed the car. We then drove the car to
the
> car wash and it pulled like a MoFo! Washed the car and the engine bay, and
> for the first time in 4 years of washing the engine bay something got wet
> and the car barely ran for 20 mins or so but then went back to pulling
like
> a monster all the way home. Wake up and fire up the car Sunday and it was
> back to its sluggish self. Slow acceleration and no passing power. Haven't
> rechecked the timing but the distributor is tight and could not have
> slipped. Ughh....I've had Brad drive it and he thought it drove normal but
> it just feels weak and after chasing some 1.8 16Vs down this weekend they
> just walked past me on the HWY even after kicking it down to 4th. And
while
> even as everyone had a disappointing day at the track, 16 second 1/4 miles
> with all the money and effort I have put into this car is pretty
> aggravating. My Et isnt the best but you all know thats too slow.
>
> What needs to be checked:
> Timing confirmed
> Compression Check
> Spark Plugs
> My theories:
> Head job bad
> Blown Head gasket
> Whacked fuel mixture
> 17inch wheels (felt a drop in acceleration when I got them and still had
> the 1.8, but nothing like it is now.)
>
> So for the millionth time since I bought this car is sits in garage while
I
> kick myself for loving it so much. Welcome once again to Scirocco
Ownership.
> Please help....
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time.
> Shannon Fenton
> Telecom Resource Management
> Amazon.com
> 206.266.6736
> sfenton@amazon.com
>
>
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