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dead scirocco!



actually the gas tank is worth 414$ new. :) the distributor aint that
expensive.

Patrick

=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Brian McGarvey
=>Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:40 PM
=>To: Warren R. Price
=>Cc: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: Re: dead scirocco!
=>
=>
=>
=>warren
=>your gonna have a slight problem
=>mostlikely its a broken wire that you "can" fix.
=>or you replace the hall sender in the dist.
=>or you replace the dist that is probably leaking oil anyway.
=>but just so you know
=>the dist is about 150-200
=>prolly the single most expensive part on the car with the close sencond of
=>the 110.00 upper radiator hose for the 16v.
=>if somebody has a used one you might really want to considerit.
=>brian
=>
=>On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Warren R. Price wrote:
=>
=>> 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
=>> >
=>> > FromX-Mozilla-Status: 0009 2002
=>> > X-Mozilla-Status: 0801
=>> > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
=>> > FCC: /C|/Program Files/Netscape/Users/default/mail/Sent
=>> > Message-ID: <3C9BE0FE.A40E6A3F@mindspring.com>
=>> > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:57:18 -0800
=>> > From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
=>> > X-Mozilla-Draft-Info: internal/draft; vcard=0; receipt=0; uuencode=0;
=>> html=0; linewidth=0
=>> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U)
=>> > X-Accept-Language: en
=>> > MIME-Version: 1.0
=>> > To: Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>
=>> > CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>> > Subject: Re: [waay ot] No route to host problems
=>> > References:
=>> <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0203221752200.494-100000@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>
=>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
=>> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
=>> >
=>> > 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
=>> >
=>> >
=>>
=>>
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