dead scirocco!

[wprice@neo.rr.com (Warren R. Price)]

Thanks for the help everyone.  I'm going to call it a night and work on it
again tomorrow.  I think it's the Hall Sender.  I've tested just about
everything else, so I'm going to replace it.  The manual said the coil
should read between .5 and .8 ohms between the outer terminals of the coil.
The reading I got was around 1.5.  That doesn't seem like a big deal and
like you pointed out, it would probably be pretty unlikely for the coil to
just go like that.  Incidentally, while I was waiting to meet the tow truck,
I called a local import garage just in case it was something I couldn't
handle, to find out if these people would work on the car.  (My local
Volkswagen mechanic got out of the business).  When I told the first guy
what kind of car it was he said, "Oh yeah, I've seen those before but never
worked on one.  Let me get Bob."  Bob then got on the phone and said, "Uhh,
never touched one, let me ask Sam...  Hey Sam, you know anything about
Scirocco's"  Sam responded, "Yeah I think I did some work on one once."  Bob
said, bring it on down.  And I decided, uhh, I think I'll do the work
myself.  I know at least as much about my car if not more than these guys
do.



----- Original Message -----
From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
To: "Warren R. Price" <wprice@neo.rr.com>
Cc: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: Please help, dead scirocco!


> > "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
>
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> Brian McGarvey wrote:
> >
> > Tosh.
> > You know last time i checked yahoo isnt normally dropping off the
network.
> > brian
> >
> > BTW it fixed itself after i rebooted. yes TWNYC could have reparied it
but
> > could something else cause that?
> > brian
>
>
> Yes, I know Yahoo.com would itself not go down (prob not) but the last
> path your computer remembered might no longer be valid.
>
> Corruption in the routers along the way? (he said flailing his arms
> around his head in vague self confusion...)   :])
>
> TBerk
>
>