is my motor junk?!?!?!?!

[jlagnese at massed.net (John Lagnese)]

More info? Is it a rod type knock? If so, the #3 rod bearings are tired. The
noise could also be spark plug threads being stripped. You are probably
right about the head gasket, though.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Parker Wulf" <scirocco210@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: is my motor junk?!?!?!?!


> I checked the timing belt and its lined up right, and i have good spark on
> all the plugs.
> While adjusting the distributor I can get rid of the knock but it still
wont
> stay running unless i give it gas. The weird thing is sometimes after the
> car dies, i turn the distributor back and the fuel pump
> turns on. When the distributor is in the normal position it will idle but
> have a knock at a higher rpm and under load.
>
> When i have the 3rd cylinder plug wire disconected the knock is gone and
it
> runs the same, so i figured that my injector was pluged, nope.
>
> I found out the other day that i have compresion on 1 and 2 but i dont on
> 3rd and i can hear air chuggin out the 4th plug hole and vise versa, i
> figured that its maybee a bad head gasket, but the car didnt over heat.
>
> wtf?
> Parker Wulf
> scirocco210@hotmail.com
> Cable Connectors Inc. Phone Splicer/Bonder
> 1987 Scirocco 2.0 16v with 020 9a 3.94fd Peloquin LSD
>
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