RE: 16v question.....

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

Some cars die, some don't.  If it doesn't die, that doesn't mean it's
broken.

In college I had a roommate with a Mazda 626.  His valves were getting a bit
noisy, so we were going to adjust them.  The Haynes manual didn't tell
whether to do it hot or cold, so I called the dealer's service department
and asked.  The guy told us to do it with the engine running.  This was in
Terre Haute, the most inbred of inbreeder towns, and apparently the guy
worked on one small block Chevy too many.  When I told the guy that it would
die as soon as we disconnected the PCV fitting from the cam cover, he said
there was something wrong with it.  I think the guy was just as inbred as
the rest of the town, and that does something to your intelligence level,
because there was nothing wrong with that engine.

That's probably where your dad got the idea that it should die - he has
probably seen it happen with other cars.

Aaron
'82 Scirocco
'84 Scirocco - parting out
'70 Bug - Hibernating
'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Corey Muscavitz
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 11:45 AM
> To: scirocco list
> Subject: 16v question.....
>
>
> ok a few days ago my dad and i were under my hood and just
> for "kicks and
> grins" he pulled the oil fil cap off of the valve cover while it was
> running.  he seems to tink that when you pull the cap off the
> engine should
> die due to loss of vacuume.  but the strange thing is.. it
> didn't bother the
> idle a bit.  what is supposed to happen when you pull the cap
> off??  and if
> it is supposed to die what could be my problem?
> tia!
> Corey
> 88 16v
>
>
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