Cherry-red exhaust manifold - need suggestions.

[roclist@accessconsulting.ca (Jason Adams)]

That wire, if memory serves (does it have a big beige insulator on the male
prong?), is supposed to go to the o2 sensor, which is probably why you're
running lean...

jason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Mages" <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 6:36 AM
Subject: Cherry-red exhaust manifold - need suggestions.


> The scirocco is back together.  And runs - sort of.
>
> After 3 months of fiddling around with it, everything
> (almost) is reconnected.
>
> What was done:
> G-Grind Cam, new coolant hoses, new fuel injector
> 0-rings, new cylinder head & valve cover gaskets, new
> MC, new fuel lines.
>
> Now my exhaust is smoking.  the pipes - not out the
> tailpipe.  I thought it was excess oil / simple green
> burning off, but I crawled under it, and after 10 min
> or so of running, the exhaust manifold was bright red,
> and smoke was coming off of the exhaust pipes.  There
> seems to be a higher flow of exhaust coming out of the
> tailpipe than before I took it all apart.
>
> It won't hold idle (another problem for another time)
> but it will run smoothly with some push on the
> accelerator.  There are a couple wires not connected,
> but the only one that may be of significance is a
> green wire with a brown 1-connector male plug that
> comes out of the firewall in a bundle between the
> cylinder head and MC.  It might reach to the back of
> the cyl head, but not much farther - any ideas?
>
> My timing is probably off, due to the new camshaft,
> but not a whole lot.  It's close to where it was with
> the old cam.
>
> Help?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> Mark
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