Please help, dead scirocco!

[flaatr@yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Hall Sender is that funky thing whose connector sticks out the side of your 
distributor that signals when the ignition should spark and breaks after a 
few years and you end up having to putting a big zip tie around to keep it 
from pulling the wires out of itself... Sound familiar?

-Raffi



At 05:53 PM 3/22/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Is the Hall Sender the "ignition module" (for lack of a better description)
>located under the plastic cover just in front of the windshield?   Uhh, the
>lblack box, I guess...?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian McGarvey" <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>
>To: "Warren R. Price" <wprice@neo.rr.com>
>Cc: "Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>; <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:48 PM
>Subject: Re: Please help, dead scirocco!
>
>
> >
> > My 16v did this immediately prior to getting smacked hard twice in 7 days.
> > the hall sender broke in mine. it sounded bad exactly like you describe.
> > well another $200 down the drain.
> > brian
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Warren R. Price wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, I did happen to glance at the timing belt.  I was just
>replaced about 3 months ago and it is intact (thank God).
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Warren
> > >
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: Scirocco-Al
> > >   To: Warren R. Price ; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >   Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:31 PM
> > >   Subject: Re: Please help, dead scirocco!
> > >
> > >
> > >   1st, check your timing belt.
> > >     ----- Original Message -----
> > >     From: Warren R. Price
> > >     To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >     Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:26 PM
> > >     Subject: Please help, dead scirocco!
> > >
> > >
> > >     My afternoon is not going real well.  My 88 16V died on me in the
>middle of the busiest f*cking intersection in our city.  I was sitting there
>at the light...when it turned green, let out the clutch, gave it some gas,
>the car moved a few feet and the motor abruptly quit.  I am thinking there
>is either no spark or it's not getting fuel.  I'm having it towed to my
>house and I should be able to see if it is getting spark.  In the meantime
>are there any theories (I realize I'm not giving you a lot here cuz I just
>don't know a lot yet).  The car turns over fine...  I was concerned because
>the engine just didn't sound "good" when it happened.  More specifically, I
>thought I may have heard a clunk, but I am praying that it was just the jerk
>from the motor dying while I was taking off.  Again, it turns over just fine
>and no obvious electrical short or anything like that.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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