Need help from the Scirocco Repair Gods

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Had the same problem a long time ago on the 16V... found the moisture had 
been trapped down the spark plug hole which lead to arcing and eventually 
carbon tracking... the carbon was very light so the car would run normally 
but as soon as any moisture got in there the car would run as you 
described. pull the wires and inspect the insulator ends. You can clean and 
dry them but I thin you might want to replace them if it looks bad.

-Raffi


At 10:17 AM 6/16/2004, David L. Winchell, II wrote:
>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
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