16v barely running, anyone got some advise?MORE ONTHISSUBJECT...

[asbfooh at yahoo.com (A J)]

when everything is cool it runs fine , all plugs are
firing , would my coil be getting to hot and then not
working ? is that what a bad coil does ? -Aaron 




--- Eric S <scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com> wrote:
> 
> did you check for spark at all the plugs?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Eric
> www.vintagewatercooleds.com
> 
> 79 VW Iltis
> 81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v
> 81 Scirocco S (TDI Swap project)
> 90 Corrado TDI
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow swap project)
> 
> A J said:
> > OK , chekc it out , I just let ther car warm up
> and
> > drove it down the street , pull into a lot to turn
> > around and she dies , I open the hood and pull the
> > cold start connector , and try to start it , no
> start
> > , I try turning it over and it only will start if
> my
> > foot is flooring the gas , and when it BARELY
> starts
> > it sounds like  it is  running on 1 cylinder with
> grey
> > smoke coming out , as soon as I let off the gas
> just
> > barely , it dies , any comments ? Thanks , Aaron
> in
> > San Jose-
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> When you feel the car start to go bad, and you
> put
> >> your foot on the accell
> >> will the car bog down?
> >> Let up on the pedal will the car just idle?
> >>
> >> If so, sounds more like the fuel pump. Either the
> >> transfer pump or the main
> >> pump.
> >> My car did this last summer. Ran well till warm
> then
> >> it would start to fail.
> >> The car could barely start and idle.
> >> And yes the plugs did get black.
> >>
> >>
> >> Julie Macfarlane
> >> 1981 MKI 2L 16v
> >> Amsterdam NY
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: David Utley <mr.utility@highstream.net>
> >> >To: Patrick Bureau <ats@longcoeur.com>
> >> >CC: SCIROCCO-L@SCIROCCO.ORG
> >> >Subject: RE: 16v barely running,anyone got some
> >> advise?MORE ON
> >> >THISSUBJECT...
> >> >Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:38:52 -0500
> >> >
> >> >I agree...
> >> >
> >> >David
> >> >
> >> >Quoting Patrick Bureau <ats@longcoeur.com>:
> >> >
> >> > > I am no o2 expect but even if the o2 was
> dead,
> >> the car would still run
> >> >(in
> >> > > limp mode)
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > ATS - Patrick Bureau -  85 2L, 102.5 whp, 121
> >> ft/lbs torque
> >> > > Email : ats@longcoeur.com - Web site :
> >> http://ats.longcoeur.com
> >> > > AIM: texasscirocco - Yahoo: atsgtx - ICQ:
> >> 32918816 - MSN:
> >> >atsgtx@hotmail.com
> >> > > 1975, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81S, 82 and 86
> scirocco's
> >> coming soon!
> >> > >
> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> >> > > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On
> >> Behalf Of A J
> >> > > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:52 AM
> >> > > To: SCIROCCO-L@SCIROCCO.ORG
> >> > > Subject: 16v barely running,anyone got some
> >> advise?MORE ON THIS
> >> >SUBJECT...
> >> > >
> >> > > So I my 16v broke down awhile back (so I
> >> thought) on me and I changed
> >> >the
> >> > > cap rotor and plugs and it wouldnt start ,
> got
> >> it towed back to the
> >> >house
> >> > > and then the next morning it starts (?) So
> I've
> >> been thinking everything
> >> >is
> >> > > cool and then I take about a 25 minute drive
> >> outa town andthe car strats
> >> > > loseing power and then dies , so I'm sitting
> >> there with no tools and no
> >> >book
> >> > > , what can I do ? I check my cap and rotor
> again
> >> , it looks ok , I check
> >> >my
> >> > > coil and clean the connections with a rag ,
> >> maybe something is over
> >> >heating
> >> > > and then not working ? I waited about 2 hours
> >> and finaly it starts !!??
> >> > > Thats when I realize I think the O2 sensor is
> >> going , can anyone agree
> >> >with
> >> > > me on this ? Thanks , Aaron in San Jose -
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > > > > Well , just as I get my custom short
> >> shift
> >> > > > > > installed
> >> > > > > > > and get on the highway to pick up the
> >> kid , my
> >> > > > 16v
> >> > > > > > > starts to shug and feels like its
> >> running out
> >> > > > of
> >> > > > > > gas ,
> >> > > > > > > I pull off the highway and the car
> dies
> >> , I
> >> > > > turn
> >> > > > > > it
> >> > > > > > > over and it starts only with my foot
> on
> >> the
> >> > > > gas
> >> > > > > > and it
> >> > > > > > > sounds like its running on 1 cylinder
> >> with
> >> > > > some
> >> > > > > > smokey
> >> > > > > > > exhaust , I can hear my fuel pump
> come
> >> on with
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > > > key
> >> > > > > > > and the gas smells like fuel so it
> must
> >> be
> >> > > > getting
> >> > > > > > gas
> >> > > > > > > , luckilly I'm a block from an auto
> >> parts so I
> >> > > > go
> >> > > > > > over
> >> > > > > > > and get some plugs cap and rotor and
> >> just go
> >> > > > for a
> >> > > > > > > tune up , double check the parts and
> put
> >> them
> >> > > > in ,
> >> > > > > > the
> >> > > > > > > car starts right up but then is just
> >> > > > sputtering ,
> >> > > > > > same
> >> > > > > > > deal as before , so I'm back at my
> house
> >> and
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > > > car
> >> > > > > > > is towed back , I looked thru my book
> >> for
> >> > > > trouble
> >> > > > > > > shooting , the car ran fine this
> morning
> 
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