Re: Who is Running the TT 16V Fuel Enrichment Module?

["dale witt" <dwitt1@satx.rr.com>]

Thanks for the heads up on sending the thing back for an upgrade.  I had to
disconnect mine because it was making my idle go crazy.  I also have the
early one in a black box.

Dale Witt
82 and 86 16v rocs
85 GTI

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Who is Running the TT 16V Fuel Enrichment Module?


> To update my own post...
>
> I decided to call Colin at TT about this incase they've had other reports
of
> it. Sure enough he knew all about it. Apparently the version that I have
was
> their early model, mounted in a black box. He says that moisture gets in
and
> causes the relay to go bad and make the fuel injectors spray a rich as
they
> possibly can. His newer version isn't mounted inside a box and he says
that
> if the relay goes bad, it doesn't dump all the fuel like the older one.
>
> He also said that if I send it back to him, he'll replace it with the
newer
> one for $25. I'll be sending it back to him tomorrow!
>
> -- 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: Craig Williams <roccolister@hotmail.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:27 AM
> Subject: Who is Running the TT 16V Fuel Enrichment Module?
>
>
> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > I'm running one of these on my 16V and am having a weird problem that
may
> be
> > attributed to it. I'm not sure, so I want to see if anyone else is
having
> > the same thing happen while running it.
> >
> > What's happening is that while I'm driving I randomly get a sudden loss
of
> > power. I call it a hiccup. It's only momentary and everything is back to
> > normal in a few seconds. Sometimes it happens repeatedly, and other
times
> it
> > only does it once in a long while. Last night when I was running the
car,
> it
> > started doing it. Just for curiosity's sake, I decided to un-hook the TT
> > module, and the car was fine. I made three test drives without it and it
> > never hiccupped.
> >
> > I have to do some more testing with and without it, but I'm really
> > interested in knowing if anyone else has experienced it.
> >
> > Thanks -- 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org.
> > To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to
> majordomo@scirocco.org
> >
> >
>
> --
> Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org.
> To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to
majordomo@scirocco.org
>


--
Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org.
To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org