rocco maintenence to date

[scirocco.gtx@juno.com (Mark A Peele)]

1) Standard Maintenance Items: (it seems all of these were long overdue)

9/19/98	5 quarts	Castrol 20w50
		Initial Tune Up, Ran Much Better After
96990	Oil Filter	Fram PH2870A		Has nearly new
Bosch Plug Wires on it
	      Air Filter	Purolator A23465 Injector
Seals	Bosch

Fuel Filter	Purolater F64857	(every 15000 miles)

Replaced	Rear Wiper Blade	

Replaced	Axle Boots	

11/28/98	Replaced	Timing Belt		
97351		Replaced	All Drive Belts	

 rear shocks,, engine mounts, tires, hoses, coolant, catalytic converter,
clutch,
, wheel bearings clutch bushing,
shifter bushings,, hatch struts, alignment,

2) Owner preferance:

Installed	White Gauge Kit	(From Brett Spewenberg)

 wheels

3) PITA stuff.

All the running adjustments, the seats sound like they're trashed,  power
steering sucks (my opinion) geez!


CONCLUSION:

Keep this in mind : your car was HEAVILY ABUSED by it's former owner(s).
Knowing all this, I would have paid somewhere between $200 and $500 for
this car. 20-20 hindsight sucks. Assuming the body is straight and clean,
once you fix all of the NEGLECT (which caused 90% of your problems) - you
will have a car that will be pretty reliable and low maintenance.

This has been my experience in 21 years of driving Sciroccos.

Mark . . .   (THINK VW)
Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
Scirocco 1978
Scirocco 1981 S (?)
Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
http://home.t-online.de/home/SCIROCCO2/mark.htm
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From: Farmracer@aol.com
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Cc: geoffz@prodigy.net, cubrr@abraxis.com, ncvw@onelist.com
Subject: rocco maintenence to date
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:25:10 EST
Message-ID: <e5923639.367984c6@aol.com>

here is a list of all I have done to this car since sept 10. i find it
frightening considering it still does not run right and is still on
jackstands.
			
9/10/98	Purchase		$700 
96989			
			
9/19/98	5 quarts	Castrol 20w50		Initial Tune
Up, Ran Much Better After
96990	Oil Filter	Fram PH2870A		Has nearly new
Bosch Plug Wires on it
	      Air Filter	Purolator A23465	Vehicle has bad
Power Steering Leak
		Spark Plugs	NGK BP6ET	
		Injector Seals	Bosch	
		Verified	Vac Advance	
		Replaced	Vac Advance Lines	
		Replaced	Emiss. Hoses	
		Fixed	Dist Cap & Rotor	
		Pulled Out Spoiler		
		Adjusted	Timing	
		Attempted	Pwr Steer. Leak Fix	
		Checked	Coil Continuity	
			
10/2/98	Verified	Cold Start Injector	Vehicle Not
Running Correctly
96991	Verified	Aux. Air Regulator	
		Verified	Idle Air Booster	
		Adjusted	Clutch	
		Adjusted	Idle Speed	
		Attempted	Pwr Steer. Leak Fix	
			
10/10/98	Replaced	Air Shroud Nipple	Vehicle Not
Running
96991		Fuel Filter	Purolater F64857	
			Attempted	Pwr Steer. Leak Fix	
			Removed	Key Chime	
			
10/14/98	Verified	Transfer
Pump			Vehicle Not Running, No Fuel Pressure
96991		Diagnosed	Main Fuel Pump	Runs with
Ether
			
10/18/98	Replaced	Fuel Pump		Vehicle now
running, proper fuel pressure
96991			
			
10/21/98	Diagnosed	Inop Odometer	Speedo cable broke
during cluster removal
97002		Ordered	Dipstick Tube	
			Ordered	Speedo Cable	
			
10/24/98	Added	Pwr Steer Stop Leak	
97002			
			
10/28/98	Replaced	Speedo Cable	Attempted odometer
fixes failed to date
97002		Inoperative	Odometer	
			
10/29/98	Fixed 	Odometer	
97006		Removed	Upshift Relay	
			Replaced	Rear Wiper Blade	
			
11/1/98		First Auto-X	LJVM, W-S NC	Finished
Last in ES, but only .2 behind 87
97082		Scirocco 16V
			
11/8/98		Checked 	Odometer Function	
97222		Fixed	Trip Odometer	
			
11/15/98	Replaced	Power Steering Pump	
97283		Replaced	PS Resevoir Hose	
			Replaced	Dipstick Tube	
			
11/28/98	Replaced	Timing Belt		Vehicle
Immobile Awaiting Axle Boots and
97351		Replaced	All Drive Belts	Struts
			
12/3/98		Installed	White Gauge Kit	(From
Brett Spewenberg)
97351			
			
12/5/98		Replaced	Struts (Bilstein)	Vehicle
Immobile Awaiting CV joint clips
97351		Replaced	Axle Boots	
			Machined	Brake Rotors	
			
12/10/98	Ordered	White Oil Temp Gauge	
97351			
			
12/11/98	Rec'd	Axle Clips	
97351			
			
12/14/98	Replaced	Gauge Circuit Board	
97351		Removed	Oil Temp Gauge	

Still needs: rear shocks, seat covers, engine mounts, tires, wheels,
sunroof
repair, hoses, coolant, catalytic converter, front bumper cover, clutch,
clutch cable, dome light, sway bar bushings, wheel bearings clutch
bushing,
shifter bushings, drivers seat is stuck, hatch struts, alignment, radio
is
inop.....

how typical is this or do I have a high maintenence rocco?

Ken
ES 4 85 Wolfie 8V
FS 4 93 LX 5.0

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