Fwd: Still Cuttin' Out Above 4K (16v)

[hombre@elp.rr.com (John Erickson)]

How about the coil?  Could that cause the problem?  Is 15 years and 250,000 
miles enough for a stock coil?

John


>Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:03:09 -0700
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>From: John Erickson <hombre@elp.rr.com>
>Subject: Still Cuttin' Out Above 4K (16v)
>
>The car will accelerate on past 4K, but not without some "missing."  It 
>seems like ignition, but the distributor, ICU, the wires and plugs are new.
>
>I called Potter and talked to him about my FPR (I can smell gas when I 
>pull off the vacuum line).  He said he has never sold one ($185 each, BTW) 
>or heard of one going bad.  I did check my WOT switch and its 
>working.  There is a temp switch in the circuit.  Would that cause the 
>problem?
>
>John
>87 16v
>El Paso