Need help from the Scirocco Repair Gods

[smithma7 at yahoo.com (Mike Smith)]

My issue with rain / water is that my power steering seems to go.  really sucks.
 
Any ideas / theories?
 
Mike
'86 red 16v (Red 5)
 


VwDude Van <phfatvw@yahoo.com> wrote:
i have had the same problem with a roc i have 
but it was everytime it rained my car would start
limping till after certain rpm, even the lightest of
rain , but recently i dont know what i did but i
have no problem now even in heavy rain , only thing i
did was replace my transmission , so mabey it was
ground wires in the engine area?


--- Kervin Ridgley wrote:
> Well,
> When I did a open ford crossing a little while
> back, I had the front of
> the car in enough water to get the air filter
> soaked. Mine stopped running
> until the filter got to an unsoaked state. You may
> have had the tube
> underwater, but there wasn't enough vacuum to soak
> the filter totally, but
> enough to block most of the air flow. That's my
> thoughts.
> 
> Kervin
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David L. Winchell, II"
> 
> To: "Scirocco List" 
> 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
> > 00 Silverado
> > www.cardomain.com/id/xavsbud
> >
> >
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