Gettin' Better...

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

If not you certainly will have enough help on hand ------  Wait do I hear a
Tech procedure......

On 5/11/06, Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> As some of you know or may remember, I've been pulling my
> hair out with the Sciroccos lately as, despite lots of TLC
> for all, NONE were roadworthy.
>
> Gino's newest (or re-occuring?) problem was tackled first,
> he had an intermittent wiring issue causing a no-spark
> situation.  After tracing things out, I temporarily
> bypassed the wiring from the hall sender to the coil /
> ignition control module.  So far it seems to be working, no
> hiccups since.
>
> Then on to the '86, which blew the seal at the oil cooler
> three days after the extensive work I'd been doing to it
> that included new engine mounts, cam, timing belt etc.
> What I've finally determined is that the pressure relief
> valve at the pump stuck.  Rather than futzing with it, I
> replaced the pump since it was only about $60 from
> Potterman.  Just finished the test drive and all seems well
> - correct oil pressure is a good thing.
>
> So that just leaves the 16v, and I'm not sure what that's
> going to involve yet.  I'm fearing a cracked wheel hub on
> the driver's side...   we'll see.
>
> Thanks for listening to me ramble.  I might just have a
> drivable Scirocco at Cincy this year after all.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S               '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco 16v             '88 Scirocco Slegato
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon         '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts -
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
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-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
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)