16v: how do i keep oil from flooding the distributor?

[sad_rocc at yahoo.com (Dan Smith)]

Wouldn't rust be a factor with the impeller blades? And weight? Plastic can take a lot of heat and I would think stainless steel would be the only other option in that area, which is considerably heavier (and more expensive).
 
As for all the problems you listed, it was kind of amusing as my girlfriends 00 jetta has had almost all of them.
 
O2 sensor failure x5
recall on window regulator
MAF replaced
Engine temp sender seemingly useless (car once overheated even though gauge never moved from halfway)
light bulbs (various shorts in brake lights/rear parking lights)
 
Other problems (common?):
antennae short
driver mirror defroster never has worked
camshaft sensor bugs out now and then
CD player gets hot and skips after playing a CD or 2
about 6 other error codes VAGCOM spit at me which I forgot
 
Dan

David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:

Okay. Every factory water pump I have seen has a plastic impeller. As far as I can figure, there are only two reasons why you would do this, and they are inter-related. One is cost, the other is cost. These two factors together, greatly affect longevity. We are presently seeing 1.8T water pumps fail, often. The 2.0 was a more common problem until recently. The 1.8Ts seem to fail because of the shape of the impeller, there are forces that want to pull it off the shaft. But back to the point- why in the hell would you put plastic in a high heat area? You KNOW it would HAVE to fail at a higher rate than the steel impellers. BTW, the factory manufacturers make steel impellers, but those are aftermarket (WTF?)...


You ever heard of planned-obsolesence? It breaks, buy a part to fix it, or buy another car... VW has a crappy reputation right now, because they build certain key parts (window regulators, mass air flow sensors, engine temperature senders, light bulb sockets, door lock actuators, water outlets, and New Beetle radios) that do not hold out for any time at all...




		
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