Re: 16v Test Drive and Questions

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

Chris,
vibration at idle means bad passenger side engine mount (also possibly driver side as well).
13 years of 500 lbs will do that (passenger side) mount in.
loss of power may be low compression on the worst case, but may be as simple as bad ignition/cam
timing/plugs/wires.
good luck
al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Grossi" <cgrossi@dwc.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: 16v Test Drive and Questions


>
> Went and looked at an awesome 16v Scirocco today. Car is close to mint with
> the exception of like 1 or 2 tiny dings. Guess you can't ask for much more
> than that from a 13 year old car. Anywho, off the bat I noticed it idled
> rough until it warmed up a bit. Car was vibrating. Is this normal for a 16v
> Scirocco? I have no experience with 16v VW's other than seeing them around
> town from time to time, as both of mine are 8v's. Also I notice that when I
> was cruising and holding a steady speed, the tach was jumping up a bit
> irratically. I know I have heard some of you complain about similar
> experiences with your cars and I was wondering what would cause this? I
> didn't notice any engine noise change which makes me think it's something
> electrical with the tach and not a mechanical problem. Power wise the car
> had lots to give, but didn't seem to accelerate like my 8v Roc. It didn't
> stumble on acceleraion, but didn't seem to have the power off the line. Car
> was solid as hell and felt awesome. According to the dealer it only had one
> owner and 77k on it when the odometer quit, and the PO didn't fix this.
> That's the only part I REALLY don't like, because I am not sure of the
> mileage now. Car is very very clean and a quick glance under the hood said
> to me that everything was in order. Very different looking under there than
> an 8v I must say. Well not very different, but different enough to make me
> feel a little uncomfortable with working on it. That could be changed
> though. If anyone has any tips or things I should be looking at on the car
> please let me know. Also if I were to get the VIN number is there someone
> who could run a carfax report so I can see some history on the beast.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Chris Grossi
>
>
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