OT- 97 GTI 2.0 (Got a Trouble code)Getting somewhere now

[scirocco at powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

Well after seeing Drew and Kevin's posts I went out and checked out the
MAF  sensor.  It looked ok, but I sprayed it down with some brake cleaner
on the off chance it was dirt that I didn't see.  Well she fired right 
up.  Oddly
enough while it was running the timing light cut out again, but the motor still
ran(was hooked up to the coil).  After a little checking I discovered it's 
the well
worn connector for the timing light to it's leads causing that problem-not 
a coil
problem at all.  It ran for 5 minutes, though a bit rough, but enough to 
get me
headed in the right direction.  After this got emails from Brain Wagner and 
Chris
Coleman saying to do just as I had done.  Gotta love this list(well that 
and a scan
tool!

John



At 10:04 PM 6/12/03 -0400, Drew MacPherson wrote:


>I didn't know the gas ones were high failure rate, but the A4 TDI MAF's
>are definitely a high failure item.
>
>Drew
>
>
>On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Kevin Collins wrote:
>
> > Drew MacPherson wrote:
> >
> > > Does this help at all, or am I reading the wrong table (motronic DTC for
> > > ABA(2.0L) and AAA(VR6) engines.)
> >
> > MAF sensors are a high failure rate item on A3's (A4's too for that
> > matter, but I digress).  May just need new one.
> >
> >
>
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