still having problems with the 8v

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (brett cooke)]

what about the computer? have you messed with that at all?



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'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
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>From: breandan mcilwain <irisheet@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: still having problems with the 8v
>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 06:20:02 -0800 (PST)
>
>well i have been working on this 8v gti for a week
>now, and i still havent fully figured out what the
>problem is.
>things that i have replaced
>internal fuel pump
>plugs
>wires
>distributer
>cap and rotor
>fuel filter
>all of the vacuum lines
>air filter
>
>reset the timing
>gutted all of the borken stuff out of the cat
>
>now the problem that i am having is under load the car
>will buck wildly and jerk in all gears, i hooked up an
>air/fuel meter to see what the system was doing and
>this is what i can see.  when the jerking starts and
>motor will slam extremely lean and then back to rich
>over and over again, so something is telling the fuel
>system to turn off and on wildly  will a vacuum leak
>at the injectors cause this fault?  or maybe a bad
>injector? i know that the 02 sensor is in good
>condition, along with the dpr, both of them were
>tested, and i also tested the thermo-time switch.  all
>sensors tested out in great shape!  could the fuel
>pump relay be faulty at certain rpm ranges?  not sure
>on this problem, it is really stumping me at this
>point.
>
>could some of the 8v experts help out on this one?
>thanks in advance
>breandan l mcilwain
>
>
>
>
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