help needed for a buddy(87 16v)

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim R)]

Kenny (or Rich - I'm not sure anymore) pointed out in his Vortex post on the
subject that the problem occurred after changing the cap and rotor, so it
sounds like the plug wires were installed in the wrong order or the cap
isn't on right.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brett Van Sprewenburg [mailto:brett@ataxxia.com]
>Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:39 PM
>To: scirocco list
>Subject: Re: help needed for a buddy(87 16v)
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>On Mar 16, 2007, at 1:17 PM, David Brown wrote:
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>> scirocco's are so troublesome. Just sell it to me 8-)
>> Really though I had one just sputter to a stop while driving once
>> and wouldn't restart...turned out to be the O2 sensor.Unplugged it
>> and ran fine. Lean, but fine. 8-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> David
>
>Just wanted to point out that without O2 sensor input, the CIS(-E)
>fuel mixture system goes into a limp home mode of sorts with a better-
>safe-then-sorry fuel mixture.  That mixture is on the rich side, not
>lean.  Rich mixtures lead to bad fuel economy, nasty polluting
>exhaust, sooted up pistons and valves...etc.  Lean mixtures can lead
>to a burned valve or valve seat, or even a burned piston.  Factory
>installed logic:  For Your Protection. :)
>
>==Brett
>