Re: New possibility for ignition prob

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

Well, that sheds some light!  It sounds pretty clearly like you have a 
bad connection at the center contact.  Judging from the carbon buildup 
there, there was probably some arcing going on which was eating up your 
voltage available for sparking.  Sounds like you need at least another 
cap.  Maybe you need to replace the coil wire too if the contact is not 
very good anymore.

Ian Overholt
'88 16v

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 19:23:23 -0400
To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
From: Paul Hanley <credere@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: New possibility for ignition prob

Okay, all of those following my tribulations with my car stalling, check
this out. I pulled off the cap and rotor today to see if there was any 
oil
getting through. No oil, but I looked at the contacts on the dist cap 
where
the wires connect on top and the center contact(ignition coil) was 
gunked
up with carbon. WTF is that about? The wire was also not too snug.
Whaddayathink????

Thanks a mil.
Paul
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