Please help, dead scirocco!

[brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu (Brian McGarvey)]

My 16v did this immediately prior to getting smacked hard twice in 7 days.
the hall sender broke in mine. it sounded bad exactly like you describe.
well another $200 down the drain.
brian


On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Warren R. Price wrote:

> Actually, I did happen to glance at the timing belt.  I was just replaced about 3 months ago and it is intact (thank God).
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> Thanks
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> Warren
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Scirocco-Al
>   To: Warren R. Price ; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:31 PM
>   Subject: Re: Please help, dead scirocco!
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>   1st, check your timing belt.
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Warren R. Price
>     To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>     Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:26 PM
>     Subject: Please help, dead scirocco!
>
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>     My afternoon is not going real well.  My 88 16V died on me in the middle of the busiest f*cking intersection in our city.  I was sitting there at the light...when it turned green, let out the clutch, gave it some gas, the car moved a few feet and the motor abruptly quit.  I am thinking there is either no spark or it's not getting fuel.  I'm having it towed to my house and I should be able to see if it is getting spark.  In the meantime are there any theories (I realize I'm not giving you a lot here cuz I just don't know a lot yet).  The car turns over fine...  I was concerned because the engine just didn't sound "good" when it happened.  More specifically, I thought I may have heard a clunk, but I am praying that it was just the jerk from the motor dying while I was taking off.  Again, it turns over just fine and no obvious electrical short or anything like that.
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