RE: MAJOR problem discovered

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

humm, the 8v 85 came with 2 kinds of coils, one with a pin and one
without a pin in the coil spark plug wire,
I had to bring my own to make sure I had the correct one on my
car.. perhaps yours was like this ?
the one mine uses is the no-pin model coil, and as I understand it,
it was used on the 16v as well.
Vw is know for swapping parts between year models depending on part
available, could this be a case of this?
I am not aware of any 1988 rocco's being 8v models (last year being
87 as far as I know (could be incorrect here)
and would be an 87 coil setup from an 8v (see note about vw and
using spare parts on cars)

Patrick


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dan Miller
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:04 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: MAJOR problem discovered
>
>
> my 88 16v has been acting up for teh past 6 months, ever
> since i aquired it.  However, things came up that made
> me suspicious that the car was not a true 16v, but a
> transplant( a transformation would be more apprropriate).
> Then, when the car finally gets to teh point whre it
> wont start, (no spark), I replace teh cap and rotor.
> didnt fix it.  Replaced teh coil, or at least i tried
> to.  The coil that was on my car was the 8 valve coil,
> and coil plug didnt fit over the new coil i had just
> purchased. So, now that my new coil wont fit my old plug
> wires, i needed to get a new set of wires.  NAPA quoted
> me at $237 for a dusty box containing a set of economy
> brand of spark plugs.  Just thought i'd throw this out
> toy a, because if for any reason you're suspicious about
> the true nature of your car, --chck teh coil!!--
>
>
> Dan Miller
>
> -cant write high--
>
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