Finally got my 88 16v on the road!!

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

The sensor is in the resevoir. The voltage regulator may be shot. My 84 GTI 
had a similar problem. A junkyard alternator resolved the problem. It also 
fluctuated to higher voltages occasionally, too.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Marsden" <marsden.eric@gmail.com>
To: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
Cc: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: Finally got my 88 16v on the road!!


> can someone please tell me where the coolant temp sensor is located.  I
> thought it was the sensor on the radiator itself but I have learned 
> instead
> that it is the fan thermostat.  and the Bentley book doesnt make mention 
> of
> the coolant temp sensor anywhere that I can find.
>
> Also here is another weird issue.  The coolant light on the dash willl 
> flash
> along with the alternator light until I rev up the engine then both shut
> off...Any ideas on that anyone?
>
>
>
> On 8/29/06, Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Eric Marsden <marsden.eric@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 1.  When I first start the car up it runs really rough
>> > and idles very low
>> > until the temp needle moves a little bit then the idle
>> > smooths out.  I
>> > assume this issue is because the warm air deflector and
>> > all associated parts
>> > running into the airbox are missing.
>>
>> Nope - that crap can safely be scrapped.  It sounds like
>> you've got a bad coolant temp sensor.
>>
>> > 2.  The car seems to have no get up and go in first gear.
>> >  Put it in second
>> > gear and it is very very lowgy almost stalling in out in
>> > some cases.  I at
>> > this point am attributing majority of that problem to the
>> > fairly large leak
>> > I have in the flex pipe.
>>
>> See problem 1.
>>
>> > 3.  Finally the fuel pump seems to stay on for a while
>> > after I shut the car
>> > off.  I wanna say somewhere in the realm of 30-45
>> > seconds.  For this issue I
>> > dont know if it is normal or not so I have no possible
>> > cause.
>>
>> I'd be checking for hacked wiring or a faulty relay as
>> that's definately abnormal and not good.
>>
>>
>> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
>> '80 Scirocco                 '81 Scirocco S 16v to be?
>> '86 Scirocco 8v              '88 Scirocco 16v
>> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!) '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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