WTB: Fuel Distributor for 16V

[kjbrosha at gmail.com (Kevin Brosha)]

I'll talk to the guy doing the work for me on Monday and find out just what
is needed, then I'll get back to you.

On 12/15/06, Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Do you need the complete distributor? or just the Pump unit on top.  I
> have a brand new pump that I paid $300.  I would let it go for less.  I have
> a couple distributors in various states.  One has the A/F screw with a
> stripped head it was running way rich and we couldn't adjust when
> installed.  I have another that is missing the pump unit.
>
> On 12/15/06, Kevin Brosha <kjbrosha@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the advice on which fuel distributor I need, Cathy.  I think
> > it
> > may be that the distributor is just on 16v Scirocco's only - I'm not
> > sure,
> > but 3 distributors that were ordered that were supposed to work on the
> > 16v
> > scirocco didn't.   If that's the case, my only hope is to find a used
> > one -
> > the remans we ordered didn't work.  We've been unable to find anything
> > in
> > eastern Canada in 3 months.
> >
> > Can anyone with ETKA verify whether part nos are different for the 16v
> > scirocco and for other 16v fuel distributors?
> >
> > If anyone on the list has a used fuel distributor they would be willing
> > to
> > part ways with, they could help resurrect the red beast , , , for almost
> > a
> > year she's been unusable.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/10/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 1:10 pm 12/10/06 "Kevin Brosha" <kjbrosha@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hmmm, does anyone know where I can get a fuel distributor for my
> > 16V?
> > > > Given my lack of tools and space and knowhow, I have had my Scirocco
> > > > in a local shop for the past 3 months while they attempted to get it
> > > > working.  They've been unable to track down a fuel distributor -
> > > > they've been sent one 3 times that doesn't fit..  mentioned
> > something
> > > > to me about 2 prongs.  I'm not sure.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, do we have any advice on what I need and where to find it?
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm thinking that what you need is a CIS-E distributor.
> > >
> > > Very early Sciroccos had "straight CIS", with no O2 sensor at all.
> > That's
> > > not what you want.
> > >
> > > Then there are two versions of Sciroccos with O2 sensors, CIS Lambda
> > (8Vs,
> > > not sure if all of them were) and CIS-E (yours) The CIS-E one has a
> > > differential pressure regulator on the side that looks at the O2
> > signal
> > > (fuel mix) and tweaks the mixture based on that. So this is the one
> > you
> > > want, and it has a 2 prong plug on it, so that's likely what they're
> > > talking about. I'm not sure what came with that besides 16V Sciroccos.
> >
> > >
> > > Later 16Vs (Golfs/Jettas/Passats) had CIS Motronic, which is yet
> > another
> > > variant of CIS, which will also give you the wrong distributor. They
> > had
> > > the 2L engine (9A code) Yours will have a 1.8L engine, PL code, at
> > least
> > > when it was born. :) It may be that only Sciroccos came with it.
> > > (BTW, it's not a JH either, that's also a  1.8L Scirocco engine, but
> > it's
> > > an 8V, confused yet?)
> > >
> > > So I wonder what they did to turn up the distributor as the culprit?
> > What
> > > were the symptoms? I can tell you if they sound like my car, which
> > > absolutely DID have a bad distributor. The main complaint was an
> > > inconsistent stumbling on demand, it was easily diagnosed by testing
> > > injector flow volume, one cylinder was getting 25% less fuel than the
> > > others. And swapping injectors made no difference to which cylinder
> > was
> > > starved.
> > >
> > > I would think there would be some CIS-E distrubutors kicking around
> > > because
> > > people going to aftermarket engine management (ie, Megasquirt) no
> > longer
> > > need them. GL with the hunt, and swapping the distributor isn't so
> > tough,
> > > as long as you have the little copper gaskets and keep track of what
> > line
> > > goes where.
> > >
> > > Ask if you need more info, I can probably dig it up for ya!
> > > HTH,
> > > Cathy
> > > 1987 16V Scirocco (CIS-E)
> > > 1979 8V Scirocco (CIS)
> > > 1988 Cabriolet (CIS-Lambda)
> > > and two parts Passats, long since gone (CIS-Motronic)
> > >
> > >
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>
>
>
> --
> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Beetle (sold)