Need help from the Scirocco Repair Gods

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

yeah, tighten the pulley, silly.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Smith" <smithma7@yahoo.com>
To: "car" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Need help from the Scirocco Repair Gods


> My issue with rain / water is that my power steering seems to go.  really 
> sucks.
>
> Any ideas / theories?
>
> Mike
> '86 red 16v (Red 5)
>
>
>
> VwDude Van <phfatvw@yahoo.com> wrote:
> i have had the same problem with a roc i have
> but it was everytime it rained my car would start
> limping till after certain rpm, even the lightest of
> rain , but recently i dont know what i did but i
> have no problem now even in heavy rain , only thing i
> did was replace my transmission , so mabey it was
> ground wires in the engine area?
>
>
> --- Kervin Ridgley wrote:
>> Well,
>> When I did a open ford crossing a little while
>> back, I had the front of
>> the car in enough water to get the air filter
>> soaked. Mine stopped running
>> until the filter got to an unsoaked state. You may
>> have had the tube
>> underwater, but there wasn't enough vacuum to soak
>> the filter totally, but
>> enough to block most of the air flow. That's my
>> thoughts.
>>
>> Kervin
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David L. Winchell, II"
>>
>> To: "Scirocco List"
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:17 PM
>> Subject: Need help from the Scirocco Repair Gods
>>
>>
>> > Ok guys,
>> >
>> > I need your help on this one. Today I was driving
>> the Rocc (87 2.0L 16V
>> > using the 1.8L head) as I was doing review work
>> instead of full onsite
>> > inspections. It began to rain very heavy. Traffic
>> had come to almost a
>> > crawl. I approached a flooded (about 4-5 inches
>> of moving water)
>> > intersection. As luck would have it just as I got
>> to the deepest part of
>> the
>> > water I got stopped for cross traffic. As the
>> light turned green, I let
>> off
>> > the clutch and pressed the accelerator to find
>> that I was barely moving.
>> I
>> > tried flooring.... nothing... let off and try to
>> slowly accelerate....
>> > nothing. I was able to make it to coverage at a
>> gas station where I
>> checked
>> > for loose wires, water logged anything... nothing.
>> I shut the car off,
>> > waited about a minute and started again. Had
>> power back but was not full.
>> I
>> > made it across the bridges and back home where I
>> switched cars and
>> completed
>> > my field work.
>> >
>> > As reference, on the way to Cincy and before I had
>> been experiencing what
>> > felt like a dead cylinder in first and second gear
>> up to 3K rpm. And as
>> > usual when Al looked at the car, it wasn't
>> misbehaving. Now that I have
>> > returned it is acting up again and with today's
>> adventure, I would like to
>> > get this resolved.
>> >
>> > Al suggested that something maybe shorting out. I
>> remember that these
>> cars
>> > have "limp home" mode, but don't remember what the
>> causes and solutions
>> are.
>> > Any help from the all knowing Scirocco Repair Gods
>> would be greatly
>> > appreciated. I was hoping to not have to take it
>> up to Al's with an "I
>> don't
>> > know what is wrong..." story... "can you help me?"
>> begging for assistance.
>> I
>> > know I will most likely end up there anyway for
>> this as I can take care of
>> > basic things, but I know when I am over my head.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > David L. Winchell, II
>> > DavidWinchell2@sprynet.com
>> > 87 16V Scirocco
>> > 86 8V Scirocco
>> > 01 V6 Galant
>> > 00 Silverado
>> > www.cardomain.com/id/xavsbud
>> >
>> >
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