Ohio members

[amalventano1@home.com (Allyn)]

Dan,
    Sounds like something is feeding back voltage to the output line of the
hall sender. In other words, something shorting to the wire in the harness,
other plugs, the coil itself, etc. This could be the cause of the light
never going off. Since the system relies on a off-on transition, your dim-on
condition may not be enough of a voltage change to cause spark. As for the
lambda (knock sensor box?) thing, its extremely remote that it can cause
absolutely no spark, all it will do in the extreme is retard the crap out of
it, but you would still have it.
This is just a hunch. First offhand guess at the problem.
Allyn

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX (shell donor ready to rock, still
planning, rocco #7)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: Ohio members


> Hey, this kid in in Dublin Ohio, and he has issues. :)
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> Reply to him please.
> leegalizit@hotmail.com
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> I have a possessed 88 16v. The car does not get spark when cranking (out
of
> coil and distributor) but gets spark when ignition is turned on and the
> positive connector to the coil is sparked on coil + terminal
> tested hall sensor--got dim bright dim bright instead of off-on-off-on
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> All sensors have been replaced including CTS, Thermotime switch, O2 sensor
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> I have also replaced the Ignition Control Module (very pricey)
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> could a faulty lamba control unit effect the ignition system?
> Also, I connected the wiring harness from the Hall sender to an 8v
> distributor and spun it by hand--no spark
> this procedure yielded spark on the jetta the new distributor was to be
put
> in.
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> I am sick of having a car that does not run does a great job of getting me
> nowhere fast. thinking of calling my preacher for an exorcism
>
> Dan Kay
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