Another 'roc with idle issues

[calimus at techography.net (Calimus)]

Check your thermo-time switch.  It's the sensor thats on the botom side of
the coolent flange on the front of the engine (8v that is).  The wifes cabby
is having similar problems and I'm pretty sure thats the culpret.  I'm going
to be checking it this week to find out for sure.  If I'm not mistaken,
there is a test in the bently for it.

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 10:01 PM
Subject: Another 'roc with idle issues


> My '86 is a little under the weather and I'm not sure where
> to start troubleshooting.
>
> Car starts and runs ok.  However, shut it down and start it
> again while warm, and it quits.  You can keep it running if
> you catch it before it dies, but it will quit when you try
> to let it idle on it's own.  It will do this for a couple
> minutes when warm, then settle down as if nothing happened
> and run fine.
>
> What gives?  To me it seems like a fuel pressure issue but
> I have no way to test that.  The car stumbles a bit when
> cold (first two minutes or so?) and is very hard to start
> when below about 45 degrees, but I'm not sure these
> problems are related.  It's been very slowly getting worse
> for a year or so I'd guess, with the hot start issue
> cropping up in the last two days.
>
> Thoughts and suggestions?
>
>
> =====
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '77, '81 S, '85, '86 & '88 Sciroccos, '96 Passat GLX Wagon, '56 Cessna 172
> "My rabbit has a human foot on his keychain.  That's not the scary part.
What I wanna know is what those keys are for." - The Four Postmen
>
>
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