Running problems

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Could it have skipped a tooth on the timing belt?



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Kervin <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>
>To: List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Running problems
>Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 07:42:42 -0400
>
>I changed the fuel filter last night and it still is sputtering and
>running poorly.
>
>Patrick Bureau wrote:
> >
> > fuel filter sound like the issue.. when the last time
> > you changed it
> >
> > --- Kervin <kervinridgley@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > I drove my car at lunch time today and it was fine.
> > > 3 hours later when
> > > I drove it, it started running very poorly.
> > > It starts fine, but the idle (1000 rpm) is a little
> > > rough.  It seems as
> > > though there is a little miss at idle.  Under a
> > > load, it has almost no
> > > power.  I was able to drive it home.  I can get it
> > > to rev to any speed,
> > > but when i first step on the gas, it sputters before
> > > the revs increase.
> > > I checked the system fuel pressure and that was
> > > fine.  The car was too
> > > warm to do the control pressure, but I don't think
> > > that would affect the
> > > way my car is currently running.  I had a extra
> > > Jettronic box that I
> > > switched in, but it didn't make any difference.  I
> > > may be able to borrow
> > > a knock box from a working car tomorrow to see if
> > > that is the problem.
> > > I recently put in a 268 cam, but I have put about
> > > 500 miles in since the
> > > install.  I checked the plug wires and the coil.  I
> > > took the valve cover
> > > off and the cam seems fine.  Tomorrow, I'm going to
> > > check the connection
> > > that I made for the knock sensor.  Anybody have a
> > > idea what I should
> > > also check?
> > >
> > > 86 Scirocco 8v
> > > ABA block hydro head
> > > knock sensor
> > > --
> > > Kervin
> > > 86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers
> > > and letters
> > > 90 Golf GL ac, sunroof, cruise control my D-lux ride
> > > 00 tt600
> > >
> > >
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>--
>Kervin
>86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
>90 Golf GL ac, sunroof, cruise control my D-lux ride
>00 tt600
>
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