Re: Please help

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

Coolant light,
check the wiring to the sensor at the top of the coolant reservoir. Thats
what makes the light. may just have to top it off. Also, if you have air
trapped in the system, the air compresses after you start the car, lowering
the water level, tripping the sensor.
Hard start when cold,
mine is doing the same thing to me. may be a combination of thick oil + bad
starter cables + bad ground. Hook up a car battery charger, using the block
as ground, then try to start it. If the starter goes faster and it starts,
the ground is your culpret.
Gas mileage,
Properly tuned cis-e should get 300-350 miles to a tank. The rieger gets 330
and it has cams/exhaust/wide body kit. Low mileage can be from bad tuning
and/or blocked catalytic converter.

Hope this info helps
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6) running - for now
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sebastian Liberona" <smash593@home.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 3:18 AM
Subject: Please help


> ok i got a few problems. your help is appreciated thanks in advance.
>
> first my coolant light blinks at me when i drive. the car doesnt overheat.
> what could this problem be?
>
> Second, My car is very hard to start in the morning, or just when the
engine
> is cold, when the engine is warm the car starts fine.. the car idles bad
> once in a while and has hesitations. any suggestions? where should i start
> first?
>
> Third, what is the Gas milage aroudn in the city on the 16v. i get about
240
> miles to a full tank which i think is poor. i dont drive hard usually.
> usually to the 4000 rpm range. ocassionaly to 6000 but rarely. is 240
miles
> per tank good? or is that crappy?
>
>
> btw i have a 1988 Scirocco 16v.
> thanks a lot for all the help.
>
>
>
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