Re: What these puters do in my 16v

[Night Shadow <soltwede@privateI.com>]

If you tach is dropping to zero, time to look at the ignition.  Your tach
gets its signal directly from the coil.  Which means your coil stopped
firing.  Forget about the Jetronic box, concentrate on a bad coil (same
symtoms as you and it was my coil) bad ignition control module (the little
one) or bad hall sender in the distributor.

Eric


On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, S.Coleman wrote:

> I figure I have *some* idea as to what each of the three "boxes" do in the
> drip well in my 16v.  (1988 1.8 16v rocco)  But I have a serious problem
> with something  in that area I think.  Once again,...tonight I am driving
> down the road about 65mph and the tach drops to 0.  (power is
> gone,...everything is still working,...just the car is only "running"
> because it is still in gear.  All  of a sudden,.....everything is fine
> again.   This happens again a few seconds later and then finally it does it
> and I push in the clutch and she dies!  I tried to crank it back
> up,.....sounds like it *really* wants to start.......Nothing!   So I take
> the Jetronic box out of the way and look for water in that area.......just a
> little damp.  Slam the hood, hit the key,,,Vrooom.  She drives fine all the
> way back to the house.  It has to be something will those damn puters
> things.   So,.....the Jetronic box controls the fuel,...right?  The little
> one, (ECU?)  controls the ignition, and the knock box controls    ?
> Timing?     Any insight on this..?  Can I do away with these things all
> together?  (Euro FI,...Carbs,....What?)
> Many thanks,
> Chris
> 
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81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
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