Re: 2.0 and annoying car problems

["Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>]

Mine did this before,

It's either too much fuel or too little spark, or both. Start by properly
adjusting the fuel mixture according to the Bently Manual. Take a look at
your distributor and see if it's leaking oil, that can cause a weak spark.
Check all you electrical grounds on the back of the head and make sure they
are good. That list should get you started on finding the problem.

Good luck -- Craig Williams
1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-2001 Sport Compact Car)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For Wife & Son)
2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)
Northern California, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: <koabi@email.arizona.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: 2.0 and annoying car problems


i figured i'd run this by again before i take my car to a shop:
my 16v rocco has this issue of not idling (have to keep foot slightly on
gas).  Full throttle doesnt work either (car will try to stall if i keep
it wide open).  the car smells really rich when this idle/full throttle
problem is occuring (and consequently is nastily slow on take off).  I've
swapped TBs, which did nothing.  Its a pretty sporadic problem, but
seemingly
increasing in frequency and duration.

Onto something else:
finally opened the 2.0.  Being a newbie, i dont know what to look for.
<http://www.u.arizona.edu/~koabi/images/scirocco> for some pics (yes, that
is dirt in one of the cylinders...).  What should be done to this thing
while its apart (gaskets, etc?)

koabi




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