Now a friend with BIG 16V problems solved

["Ben Rogowski" <bgr13@mn.rr.com>]

I don't think this ever made it to the list the first time, and if it did, I
apologize.


> Well, as it turns out, the second exploding rotor lodged a piece of
plastic
> in the distributor which kept the hall sender from working.  I did glue
the
> rotors on.  The cause of the Incredible Exploding Rotor Trick, was
actually
> a bad motor mount.  As I said before, this car was converted from an 8V to
a
> 16V by the previous owner.  It was a pretty bad hack job, and the car was
> completely stripped except for the motor when my friend got it.  Anyway,
the
> bad motor mounts cause the motor to rock back far enough that the
> distributor was hitting a heater core hose that was too long.  When ever
the
> car was revved past 6000 rpm, the  dist. hit the hose and pushed the cap
> into the rotor.
>
> An interesting problem that probably never would've happened on a
> non-converted car.
>
> Ben R
> Membership Coordinator
> <http://www.volksport.com>
> Volksport GTI and Watercool Volkswagen Club
> "We support your VW Performance Addiction."
>
>


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