SOT: Since it's slow...

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

Let me know if Autotech covers you. They screwed me on the CAM that was 
leaking oil. Let meknow who you work with if you get results. Thanks, Don

On 8/23/05, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote: 
> 
> Since it's so frikking slow, here is a tale of three VWs for you. We'll
> refer to them as A1, A2, and A3 for ease. All screwed up stories.
> 
> Let's start with A3 (as in my nephew's '95 GTI). 2.0+ L bored over, high
> compression pistons, more money than anyone in the family wants to think
> about in the engine. Out goes the brave little car, and the big mean old
> GTec says 18.slow for the quarter mile. So brave little GTI acquires 
> itself
> the beautiful piece of jewellery known as the Autotech adjustable cam 
> gear.
> (This is such a pretty thing). On it goes, and it lives happily ever 
> after,
> spinning away merrily on the overpriced ABA. Until it grinds itself to
> death a few days later on the adjacent hunk of valve cover, hits one of 
> the
> adjustment bolts, and slams *some* of the moving parts to a rapid halt. 
> The
> word "kiss" should never apply to pistons and valves, in this case it was
> two cylinder's worth. Sounds like Autotech may have sent the wrong gear,
> and should cover it. It's back together now, with a TT gear, and is fast 
> as
> greased lightning, by all accounts.
> 
> So this morning, car A2 (87 Jetta). Well, actually last night, at 8:50pm 
> or
> so the kid discovers the Valdez's new axle (I'll call it axle B) has ball
> bearing rolling around in the box. Gotta love CTC remans. But Adam eats
> axles for breakfast, and so far the last ten or so have been free.
> "Lifetime warrantee". He couldn't find the paperwork for axle A, so paid
> with his card for axle B. I head in this morning with the two dead axles,
> and try to explain the "warrantee" paperwork applies to both of them, as A
> is a replacement for B, but it is also defective. ANd I need a refund for
> B. By this time I have three axles sitting on the counter, and "young guy
> who doesn't shave yet" at the counter scratches his head, hands me a bunch
> of paper, and takes the two dead axles. I still owe $63. And I don't even
> get a box.
> Nope. Not sitting right with me. Fifteen layers of managers later, I 
> emerge
> with axles B and C, and no money out of my pocket. The son will have to 
> get
> the refund for axle B. I stuff the haul into car A1.
> 
> Car A1, (79 Rocco) has decided that it really doesn't ever need to close
> it's auxilliary air valve, so is idling at like 2000 rpm, and that's
> pissing me off, since the valve works, and is recent. Obviously the wiring
> is at fault. I get home, pull out faithful multimeter to check voltage at
> the AAV plug, and the car stops dead. And will not start. Even with the
> booster pack. A quick check of the meter reveals that I hadn't checked the
> leads, and though the dial was on volts, the red lead was in the amps 
> hole.
> Replaced the fuel pump relay fuse and all's well, well, except for that
> wiring. (Obviously SOME electrons made it through that wire...)
> 
> I honestly don't recall how I passed the time before I had these cars, 
> they
> keep me so busy....
> 
> Cathy
> 
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at 
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)