RE: '88 16v won't start

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

>From the symptoms you mentions, driving and then car dies. I would
tell you to check; fuel pump relay, fuel pump.
as for the oil in your distributor cap, all depends, I have a little
wetness, is yours like a pool of oil in the cap (i.e.: splashing of
oil atop the cap? that is just a round rubber seal that needs to be
changed. get it from your local dealership.


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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Young, Patrick
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:59 AM
To: 'scirocco-l@scirocco.org'
Subject: '88 16v won't start


Driving home on the freeway, car dies.  80 mph, then it burps, drops
4k to
3k rpms for a moment, then back to 4k, then dead.  I push in on the
clutch,
engine dies, so I throw it into neutral, and coast as long as I can
(looking
for a better spot to pull over).

Car won't start.  No spark.  Tested the coil, it was slightly out of
spec
(according to the Bentley book), so I replaced it.

I initially found a loose distributor cap (WAY loose, only 1 clip was
holding it), figured that was it - replaced it with a new cap 'n
rotor -
when I opened up the distributor, there was oil in there.  Not a
flood, but
there was oil in the distributor - and the cap.  I assume that would
tend to
kill the Hall sender, thereby preventing me from starting the car?

Anyway, that's what I've got it narrowed down to, but I thought I
would toss
it out here, perhaps I've missed something.

Help!

-Pat

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