Need help from the Scirocco Repair Gods

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

if it was a plug wire, the moisture may have finally done it in...
hopefully it will still be acting up by the weekend so i can check it out.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David L. Winchell, II" <davidwinchell2@sprynet.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: Need help from the Scirocco Repair Gods


> Ok guys,
>
> I need your help on this one.  Today I was driving the Rocc (87 2.0L 16V
> using the 1.8L head) as I was doing review work instead of full onsite
> inspections. It began to rain very heavy. Traffic had come to almost a
> crawl.  I approached a flooded (about 4-5 inches of moving water)
> intersection. As luck would have it just as I got to the deepest part of 
> the
> water I got stopped for cross traffic. As the light turned green, I let 
> off
> the clutch and pressed the accelerator to find that I was barely moving. 
> I
> tried flooring.... nothing... let off and try to slowly accelerate....
> nothing.  I was able to make it to coverage at a gas station where I 
> checked
> for loose wires, water logged anything... nothing. I shut the car off,
> waited about a minute and started again.  Had power back but was not full. 
> I
> made it across the bridges and back home where I switched cars and 
> completed
> my field work.
>
> As reference, on the way to Cincy and before I had been experiencing what
> felt like a dead cylinder in first and second gear up to 3K rpm. And as
> usual when Al looked at the car, it wasn't misbehaving. Now that I have
> returned it is acting up again and with today's adventure, I would like to
> get this resolved.
>
> Al suggested that something maybe shorting out.  I remember that these 
> cars
> have "limp home" mode, but don't remember what the causes and solutions 
> are.
> Any help from the all knowing Scirocco Repair Gods would be greatly
> appreciated. I was hoping to not have to take it up to Al's with an "I 
> don't
> know what is wrong..." story... "can you help me?" begging for assistance. 
> I
> know I will most likely end up there anyway for this as I can take care of
> basic things, but I know when I am over my head.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dave
>
> David L. Winchell, II
> DavidWinchell2@sprynet.com
> 87 16V Scirocco
> 86 8V Scirocco
> 01 V6 Galant
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