Re: Engine Probs, But Much Rejoicing...

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

HI,

If your tach is freaking out I would guess that it is
ignition related.  check the connections around the
coil and from the coil to the fuse box.  Often the
wires become brittle and fray.  They could be on their
last leg.  

.02
Tony

--- Ben Patterson <bpatterson@stanford.edu> wrote:
> Hey there Ian -
> 
> 	It's just the tach that seems to flip out, but at
> the same 
> time it's unrelated to the engine issues. About 75%
> of the time, the 
> engine will run like sh*t at start (no power, sounds
> like it's 
> missing like a freak) and the exhaust smells like a
> motor boat, which 
> makes me wonder if it's the knock sensor not
> engaging. I know the 
> grounds are all good, and the wiring/contacts have
> been hit with carb 
> cleaner/dialectic grease a few times. I've got a new
> fuse box (all 
> greased up), a new idle stabilizer, a new
> distributor/hall sender... 
> next up is the knock sensor and O2 sensor. I'm kinda
> playing the 
> expensive guessing game. Nate Pierce says it might
> be the control 
> pressure regulator - any thoughts?
> 	I'm changing out my downpipe this weekend so I
> don't pass out 
> from the fumes while driving the little beastie, and
> while I'm there 
> I'll drop in the new O2 sensor. Hopefully I'll have
> time to mess 
> behind the dash.
> 
> 
> 					Ben Patterson, '86 16v
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 17:19:04 PDT
> -From: "Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>
> -Subject: Re: Engine Probs, But Much Rejoicing...
> 
> -It sounds like you've got ground troubles.  Is your
> ground connection at the
> -coil clean?  When you say the instruments whack
> out, is it just the tach?
> -If it's just the tach, then your problem is with
> the coil.  If it's other
> -instruments too, then your dashboard ground is
> having trouble.  As for the
> -high idle, grounds could be causing that, but it's
> also likely the idle
> -stabilizer valve.  Take it off and spray it with
> carb cleaner.
> 
> -I doubt the knock sensor has anything to do with
> your problems.  The knock
> -sensor would just retard your timing and you would
> notice it has a simple
> -lack of power.  I think.
> 
> -Ian Overholt
> -'88 16v
> -'78 Champagne Edition
> 
> 
> >From: Ben Patterson <bpatterson@stanford.edu>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Engine Probs, But Much Rejoicing...
> >Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:26:20 -0700
> >
> >	Here's the latest issue I've gotta resolve though.
> I swapped
> >out the distributor/hall sender in the hopes that
> it would solve the
> >problem I've had for the last couple of months.
> When I start the car
> >up, 75% of the time it will idle at 2K rpm, and be
> ridiculously
> >rough. Other times, the tach will jump to 6 or 7K
> and the car will
> >feel fine, no missing, etc. but the gauges are all
> jacked. When I
> >pulled the old distributor there was oil in the
> cap, so I would have
> >had to change it anyway, but it's pissing me off
> that this problem is
> >still going on. The next thing on my list to change
> out is the knock
> >sensor, which I'll do tonight. Anyone got any
> ideas? The car runs
> >great once it is started with the gauges reading
> correctly (usually
> >takes a few tries) and it has no issues beyond
> this. (Well, there is
> >that downpipe with the cracked flex joint which is
> fuming me out of
> >the car - gotta drive the bastard with the windows
> down till I get
> >that done this weekend. heh heh...)
> >	Anyone got any ideas?
> >
> >			And there was much rejoicing...
>
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> 
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