RE: Now a friend with BIG 16V problems

["Lauri Pettai" <lauri.pettai@netexpress.ee>]

Are you sure this must be clued there?

I just changed the rotor 2 weeks ago and wandered why in hell this
old rotor was so badly melted to there and I put a new one there
without any locktite or anything. I have driven 2 weeks since, been
even autocrossing once and done other dayly dragracing on the city,
but the rotor still stays there!? Is it a miracle and I should head
right to the shop or was my part using better securing method?

Lauri!
'84 1.8 16v Scirocco GTX Kamei X1 Bodykit (VIN025736)
http://www.ttu.ee/~laurts/scirocco
I finally added nothing new to my site!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Ian Overholt
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 6:16 PM
> To: bgr13@mn.rr.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Now a friend with BIG 16V problems
>
>
> When he replaced the distributor rotor, did he use locktite?  If
> you don't
> secure the rotor to the shaft, it will fly off.  I would guess
> that the cap
> is now too torn up to work right.  Try changing cap and rotor again.  The
> Bosch parts are way better than the Borg-Warner stuff you get at
> the local
> autoparts store.
>
> Ian Overholt
> '88 16v
> '78 Champagne Edition
>
>
> >From: "Ben Rogowski" <bgr13@mn.rr.com>
> >To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Now a friend with BIG 16V problems
> >Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 00:18:53 -0500
> >
> >
> >Ben R
> >Membership Coordinator
> ><http://www.volksport.com>
> >Volksport GTI and Watercool Volkswagen Club
> >"We support your VW Performance Addiction."
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Ben Rogowski <bgr13@mn.rr.com>
> >To: Ben Rogowski <bgr13@mn.rr.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 12:11 AM
> >Subject: Re: Fwd: a friend with BIG 16V problems
> >
> >
> > > OK, this is a weird one.  We finally got it running.  The Ignition
> >control
> > > module had a couple of loose connections at the plug.  We
> fixed those,
> >and
> > > it fired right up.  My friend drove the car around the block
> a couple of
> > > times to charge the battery.  We then headed out to bring it to the
> > > mechanic's for a thorough check over.  About five minutes
> later, a puff
> >of
> > > smoke came out the tail pipe, and it died again.  The car had eaten
> >another
> > > distributor rotor, so replaced that in the hopes that it was just the
> >crappy
> > > Napa rotor and not something more serious.  It was something more
> >serious.
> > > So, it's still ignition, but now I really have no clue what
> is wrong.
> >Any
> > > guesses?  Thanks for the replies so far by the way.
> > >
> > > Ben R
> > > Membership Coordinator
> > > <http://www.volksport.com>
> > > Volksport GTI and Watercool Volkswagen Club
> > > "We support your VW Performance Addiction."
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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