[tech] Help diagnosing an 8V?

[krobins2@twcny.rr.com (Kenneth & Georgianna Robinson)]

Does your car have a ISV?? Sounds like that's going bad.My guess anyway.Ken
R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Carlson" <m-carlson@comcast.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: [tech] Help diagnosing an 8V?


> My Scirocco has taken ill after yesterday's autocrossing activities.  :(
> She ran fine before and during the event, but the drive home was a
different
> story.
>
> Basically, it feels like she's missing on a cylinder below 3000rpm.
(Sounds
> like a darned aircooler!)  Above that, power comes back on and she's
> purring.  Letting off the throttle and stepping back on it seems to
> exacerbate the issue, sometimes with a misfire.  (Heh, I said exacerbate!)
> At idle, she'll purr for a few seconds, then run rough for a few seconds,
> then purr for a few seconds, then run rough for a few seconds, etc...
>
> I've replaced the distributor cap and rotor, which were looking quite
worn.
> No change in behavior though.  Any suggestions on where to start looking?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike Carlson
> '84 Scirocco Wolfsburg Edition
> '95 GTI VR6
> http://www.divergent.org/mikes.vws/
>
>
>
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