Strange running 16v

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

I had this and for a while and thought it was my ICM or coil or something 
and then I figured it out...

Check for water/moisture in and around the ignition wires especially near 
the spark plugs... Also look for carbon tracks left behind from this. The 
water seals at the top of the plug wire on a 16V work in two ways, they 
keep water on the outside out and water on the inside in. I had a problem 
very similar to what you described and found that cylinder 1's wire was 
arcing to the head deep inside the tube near the spark plug. I found a 
little moisture in there two. I used really long Q-tips to dry it out and 
cleaned the carbon tracks off the plug wire (I did not have a replacement 
handy) and the problem went away.

-Raffi


At 04:39 PM 9/15/2003 -0400, Allyn wrote:
>sounds like what a 16v does with an ignition problem. when ignition levels
>are borderline (due to bad wires/plugs/etc), the system draws more current
>during spark at low rpm + high load, causing seemingly random missing.
>
>...just something to keep in mind.
>
>hth
>Al
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:41 AM
>Subject: Strange running 16v
>
>
> > The car at times, if I try to accellerate, will run up in RPM slowly with
> > very little power. Especially in first gear. After reaching 2500 rpm it
> > seems to clear up and I have power again.
> >
> > 1) if I used an 8v fuel filter would this cause the problem? (its smaller
>in
> > diameter)
> > 2) could this be a fuel pump problem? The buzzing sound does not sound
> > constant, but fluctuates slightly.
> > 3) When the pump was dying, I swapped ICU's. The numbers were not the same
> > but they looked similar, could this be my source of trouble?
> >
> > TIA guys
> >
> >
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
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