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[tech] Help diagnosing an 8V?
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You may want to check for vacuum leaks, couldn't hurt. If it's a really bad leak you'll probably hear a hissing when under the hood.
-Rob
Kenneth & Georgianna Robinson wrote: Does your car have a ISV?? Sounds like that's going bad.My guess anyway.Ken
R.
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From: "Michael Carlson"
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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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<P> You may want to check for vacuum leaks, couldn't hurt. If it's a really bad leak you'll probably hear a hissing when under the hood.
<P>-Rob
<P> <B><I>Kenneth & Georgianna Robinson <KROBINS2@TWCNY.RR.COM></I></B>wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Does your car have a ISV?? Sounds like that's going bad.My guess anyway.Ken<BR>R.<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Michael Carlson" <M-CARLSON@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: <SCIROCCO-L@SCIROCCO.ORG><BR>Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 10:51 PM<BR>Subject: [tech] Help diagnosing an 8V?<BR><BR><BR>> My Scirocco has taken ill after yesterday's autocrossing activities. :(<BR>> She ran fine before and during the event, but the drive home was a<BR>different<BR>> story.<BR>><BR>> Basically, it feels like she's missing on a cylinder below 3000rpm.<BR>(Sounds<BR>> like a darned aircooler!) Above that, power comes back on and she's<BR>> purring. Letting off the throttle and stepping back on it seems to<BR>> exacerbate the issue, sometimes with a misfire. (Heh, I said exacerbate!)<BR>> At idle, she'll purr for a few seconds, then run rough for a few seconds,<BR>> then purr for a few seconds, then run rough for a few seconds, etc...<BR>><BR>> I've replaced the distributor cap and rotor, which were looking quite<BR>worn.<BR>> No change in behavior though. Any suggestions on where to start looking?<BR>><BR>> Thanks in advance,<BR>> Mike Carlson<BR>> '84 Scirocco Wolfsburg Edition<BR>> '95 GTI VR6<BR>> http://www.divergent.org/mikes.vws/<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR>><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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