Finally got my 88 16v on the road!!

[marsden.eric at gmail.com (Eric Marsden)]

Thanks.  I am gonna attempt to make it to the junkyard or just buy a new one
this weekend.  As far as the sensor I am looking for the coolant temp sensor
not the coolant level sensor.  The GTI will be my next project if I can ever
figure out this scirocco lol

On 8/31/06, John S. Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:
>
> 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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