Re: Engine Problem Troubleshooting

["David Zanotti" <zanotti@wmis.net>]

Duh!

Sorry I didn't give enough info:  My car is an '88 16v...believe it is
CIS-E.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
To: David Zanotti <zanotti@wmis.net>
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Engine Problem Troubleshooting


>David Zanotti wrote:
>>
>> Now that I've had a day to observe what's going on with my scirocco,
>> here's what I've noticed.
>
>Hey Dave, Since there are at least two different type of systems across
>the range of possible sciroccos, can you be specific about your
>model/year/geographical location?
>
>Like "I have a '76 w/ carbs" Or "I have a 16v..."
>
>>  1. Car starts and runs fine when cold
>>  2. At some point during the latter stages of warm-up, the engine begins
to
>> run poorly at low rpms (no torque, hesitates) and stays that way.
>>
>> Seems to be a fuel issue (not enough or incorrect mixture).  Anybody have
an
>> idea on what I should check? I'd rather not throw money at it until I
know
>> what's wrong.
>>
>> David Zanotti
>
>Before you adjust anything you should be sure the mixture isn't being
>thrown off by air leaks (considering you have FI). Injector o-rings,
>rips in the rubber intake boots, little rubber braided hoses parts that
>are cracked with age, etc. Eliminate these and you have a good
>foundation to start from.
>
>You can check what the 0s sensor is doing, if your car has one, but I
>wonder if you have ran any injector cleaner/ replaced the fuel filter
>anytime recently?
>
>TBerk
>
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