Dead Scirocco/stranded woes

[dan@angband.org (Lord Xenu)]

On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 01:28:36PM -0500, Bobby Griffin wrote:

> What is a hall-effect sender

It tells the ignition module when to fire the sparkplugs.  It is mounted
in the distributor.  It does the same thing points used to, only it's
electronic instead of mechanical.

> and how do I frickin determine what exactly
> the prob is?

Dude, you seriously need a Bentley manual..  If you get no spark, there is
a procedure to check if it is in fact a problem with the Hall
sender. Involves placing a LED accross two of the three wires leading to
the sender, and watching for it to blink while you crank the engine.  No
blink = bad sender.

> Is this sensor hard to replace?

Not particularly.. you'll need to remove the distributor, take a circlip
off the distributor center shaft, remove the center shaft, then unscrew
the sender. The sender is kind of spendy, and hard to find.  GAPA.com gets
$107 for it, but you can buy a complete brand-new distributor for $155
from the Potterman at parts4vws.com , and avoid the pain in the ass of
having to disassemble the distributor.

Dan


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