Please help, dead scirocco!

[abatzis2@hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

check it again. mine did this exact same thing last year at a light; timing 
belt wasn't that old (40k miles), looked fine. teeth had sheared from the 
bottom of the belt at the crank sprocket-you couldn't tell by looking at it. 
make sure your cam timing is still aligned with flywheel timing.
-michael

>From: "Warren R. Price" <wprice@neo.rr.com>
>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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