Changing Symptoms

[Josh.Hignight@phoenix.edu (Josh Hignight)]

I want to know which one as well. I noticed yesterday that my cap leaks
badly...

Joshua Hignight
Student Services/Technical Services
New Mexico Campus
(505) 821-4800

-----Original Message-----
From: Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@home.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:14 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org; John Erickson
Subject: Re: Changing Symptoms

Umm, dunno which audi. Whose got an audi cap??? Everyone i've asked about it
told me 'i got it from
potter'. Someone pipe up. Its thicker than the stock cap, with a different
shape to the top of it.
I'll track it down somewhere, hrm.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Erickson" <hombre@elp.rr.com>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: Changing Symptoms


> I think you nailed it, Allyn.  I just ordered a new coil form Potter.  The
> car does great cold and hot - as long as I don't sit in traffic.  I think
> the heat off the exhaust is cookin' the coil (causing a "leak").
>
> BTW, when I called Potter, I asked him about the non-leaking Audi oil
> filler cap you mentioned.  He wanted to know "which Audi?"  He said they
> (VW and Audi) are all the same unless there is a model specific one.  ??
>
> Thanks for the post confirming my financial expenditure :)
>
> John
>
> At 04:27 PM 1/31/2002 -0500, Allyn wrote:
> >You've got a temp sensitive spark plug or plug wires or coil. I had to
> >abort my trip to cincy last
> >year cause a plug wire went to crap on me. Had to limp back home (30
> >miles) on 3 cylinders and throw
> >on the other set of wires, then i was back off to cincy.
> >Al
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Erickson" <hombre@elp.rr.com>
> >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:04 PM
> >Subject: Changing Symptoms
> >
> >
> > > I've been posting over the last week or so about my 16v cutting out
over 4K
> > > RPM.  Well, in the last day or so, it seemed to be doing much better
(all
> > > the way to 7K), but that was not with a hot engine.  I got stuck in
some
> > > traffic today and the cutting out got much, much worse (as low as
> > > 3K).   The only thing I can think of is one of the temp switches, but
its
> > > OK (mostly) with the temp gauge in the middle.  Its only when it
starts
> > > creeping up that it gets bad (good thing its not summer).   Anyone
have any
> > > similar temp-related experience?
> > >
> > > John
> > > 87 16v
> > >
> > >
> > >
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