Advice on a daily beater Scirocco

[vwdaun at yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- chrysrobyn <tscirocco@collectivetm.net> wrote:

I'm worried every fluid needs to be drained
> before starting it
> (will a simple oil change and coolant change be enough?).

Probably will be fine, just change them again (the oil more
so than the coolant) after a few hundred miles.

>  Maybe there are 
> hoses that should be replaced at the shop as soon as I
> can tow it there to
> get the clutch plate fixed?

Well as someone mentioned, it might just be the clutch
cable, they do snap now and then.  Replacing all the
coolant hoses would not be a bad thing too.

   What else that used to be so
> well known about
> this car is now questionable?  Is the freon gone?

It's possible it has developed a leak, you'll just have to
test it.
 
When the RPMs are low and the
> engine is warm,
> the oil light will flash.

What weight oil are you running?  In Texas I would be
running something fairly heavy.  Mine run Castrol 20w50 in
the summer (which you could get away with all year) and
10w40 in the winter (for those that are winter driven!) 
Failing that, yes, it is possible that the bottom end could
be getting tired but I've always found it incredibly
difficult to kill the JH engine.  Perhaps the pump is
getting tired.


Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'81 Scirocco S               '85 Scirocco 8v
'86 Scirocco 8v              '88 Scirocco 16v
'88 Scirocco Slegato *still Canadian, but on it's way Stateside*
'96 Passat GLX Wagon         '56 Cessna 172
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.


		
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