Now a friend with BIG 16V problems

["Ben Rogowski" <bgr13@mn.rr.com>]

Ben R
Membership Coordinator
<http://www.volksport.com>
Volksport GTI and Watercool Volkswagen Club
"We support your VW Performance Addiction."

----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Rogowski <bgr13@mn.rr.com>
To: Ben Rogowski <bgr13@mn.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: a friend with BIG 16V problems


> OK, this is a weird one.  We finally got it running.  The Ignition control
> module had a couple of loose connections at the plug.  We fixed those, and
> it fired right up.  My friend drove the car around the block a couple of
> times to charge the battery.  We then headed out to bring it to the
> mechanic's for a thorough check over.  About five minutes later, a puff of
> smoke came out the tail pipe, and it died again.  The car had eaten
another
> distributor rotor, so replaced that in the hopes that it was just the
crappy
> Napa rotor and not something more serious.  It was something more serious.
> So, it's still ignition, but now I really have no clue what is wrong.  Any
> guesses?  Thanks for the replies so far by the way.
>
> Ben R
> Membership Coordinator
> <http://www.volksport.com>
> Volksport GTI and Watercool Volkswagen Club
> "We support your VW Performance Addiction."
>
>


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