home again, +1 scirocco (LONG)

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (the hitman)]

are you sure it's the clutch? sounds more like you've got a clog. try 
running some of that engine cleaner through it. the kind you add to your 
oil. run the s**t out of it a lil' then change the oil and see how she revs. 
in *my experience* if your clutch is going it will slip worse in the lower 
rpm during take off. where's the car leaking oil from? are you sure it's oil 
and not something else(power steering, brake, etc)?
   congrats on finally getting a rocco and finally getting it home!


>From: ternil@idol.union.edu
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: home again, +1 scirocco (LONG)
>Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 05:22:31 GMT
>
>I made it home last night with my new 8v. much thanks to Daun. It was an
>adventure to say the least. I'm convinced that pennsyltucky is the most 
>evil
>state in the world. my friend and I hustled past a cop who had someone 
>pulled
>over. We of course jammed on our respective brakes, but a red scirocco and 
>a
>black porsche 928 convoying together is not the most easily missed thing,
>especially when we both downshifted in front of her. So we pull over at a 
>rest
>area for a smoke and to use the bathroom and we're standing next to our 
>cars
>when the cop rolls in, slows down and stares the three of us down. scared 
>the
>hell out of us. Dunno where she was hiding, but we went 65 for a good hour 
>just
>cause we were so scared.
>The only problems I noted with the car were:
>a) it WONT rev past about 4500 RPMs. I am definately thinking the clutch is
>going. its fine at the lower range, but it kinda starts to buck at high 
>speed,
>feels like its slipping. lotsa money there :(
>b)the window seals or cranks or both are just shot. Its a bitch to get the
>windows up. they pop out of the tracks, you need both hands and some luck 
>to
>get them all the way up.
>c)one of the lights on the guages is out, making reading the fuel guage at
>three in the morning a pain.
>d)leaks a bit of oil. dunno. I checked it a few times on the way out and 
>there
>was no problem. I was working on it today and I noticed a puddle underneath 
>it.
>suggestions? (besides keep an eye on it)
>
>today we started work on it. A new set of spark plugs did wonders, you guys
>shoulda seen the gaps on the old ones. while replacing the plug on the 
>number
>two cylinder, I couldn't get the wire off, so I was yankin on the bottom of 
>the
>wire, my hand slipped up cause I was pulling so hard, and yep, you guessed 
>it,
>promptly ripped the wire. We didn't have any electrical tape. so we cut it 
>a
>bit, ran the wire back down and duct taped the insulation around it. Ran 
>the
>wire in a non proper direction and it fit and worked nicely. new set on 
>order
>from potterman :(. Not really sad, but I didn't really have the money for 
>it
>right now.  I put on a new rearview mirror to replace our "custom" 
>duct-taped
>model. I kinda miss all the tape on the windshield though. Anyway, its in 
>one
>piece for now. Thanks to Daun for letting us crash at his place and putting 
>up
>with us! and thanks for everyone's help!
>
>-I went on digest mode for the summer, so please send any replies directly 
>to
>me. Thanks!
>
>Lyman
>
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