Please help, dead scirocco!

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

> "Warren R. Price" wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 



If timing belt is OK, then I was thinking fuel relay. Then the report
came w/ No Spark. Hmmmm, the funky Hall Sensor plug  sounds ratty
aright. 

There is a test in the Bentley to tell if you are getting a pulse signal
out of it. 

Coils themselves rarely go bad, and usually not like you mention (bam!,
dead at the light) More likely IF it is spark related would be the 12v
running TO the coil and/or the trigger (hall sensor et al) circuit.

gl,
TBerk