NEED HELP ASAP! - calling all VR6 gurus

[calimus at techography.net (calimus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)]

I think there might be a hall sender on the crack or cam of the VR6 (not
sure), if that fails, it should end in a no spark situation, just like our
16v roccos.  Couldn't say thats what the issue is, but it's possible.  Best
thing to do is see if a local autozone can lend you a OBDII reader and find
out what the car was bitching about in the first place, might be a nice clue
to the source of the issue.  Or better yet, Hit this link and filter by
city, there are several in pittsburg that Have VAGcom's.
http://www.steve-hall.com/cgi-bin/VAG-Locator.pl

Most of them will come and Vag the car for beer/dinner or just for shits &
grins.  Wish ya broke down closer to home, I could Vag the car for ya.

Good Luck,
William S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@xxxxxxx>
To: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 3:18 PM
Subject: NEED HELP ASAP! - calling all VR6 gurus


> OK,
>
> So I picked up a 97 GLX VR6 Passat in PA.  Flew out there to drive home.
Stopped at my cousins in Pittsburg last night.  Check
> engine light came on during hard rain about 20 mins from their house, but
had no impact on drivability.  This morning - no start.
> Cranks fine, but no spark.  Did some troubleshooting (with their limited
house tools, ugh).  With some creative mcgyver stype
> jumpering, I bench test the coil pack (works).  So the fault lies
somewhere before the coil pack (not getting signal).  I've checked
> all under-dash fuses and all harness connections I could easily get to,
including the computer (rain tray).  Everything seems fine.
>
> Anyhow, I have no technical background with the VR6 and cant find
schematics anywhere online.  Has anyone troubleshot these at all?
> I'm basically stuck about 14 hours from home because of some (likely)
minor issue that's preventing spark trigger.  I basically need
> to know where to take readings for troubleshooting.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
> 912-227-2081
> Al
>
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