NEED HELP ASAP! - calling all VR6 gurus (SOLVED/FIXED!)

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

John,

Of course I do!

(btw, just pulled into the house - home safe - Cathy-style write up to follow (tomorrow)).

Al 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John S (VWPowered) [mailto:76Rocco@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 2:29 AM
> To: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: NEED HELP ASAP! - calling all VR6 gurus (SOLVED/FIXED!)
> 
> O/T but Allyn you still got your Mk2 Lime Green Rocco
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@xxxxxxx>
> To: <calimus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Scirocco-l'" 
> <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 5:56 AM
> Subject: RE: NEED HELP ASAP! - calling all VR6 gurus (SOLVED/FIXED!)
> 
> 
> > And the crank sensor was the culpret!
> >
> > Turns out Pittsburgh has a kick-ass VW crowd.  Including our buddy 
> > Armond
> (who showed up 2 Cincys ago in the complete restore red
> > 16v).  Armond took me to the local VW guru, who had no less than 20 
> > dubbs
> in and around his shop, and a VR6 sitting on a crate out
> > front.  He yanked the needed sensors off and generously 
> donated them 
> > to
> get me home.
> >
> > More to follow (14 hour drive tomorrow - I'll post again on Sunday).
> >
> > Thanks to those who threw suggestions out there, and super crazy 
> > thanks to
> Armond.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: calimus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:calimus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:02 PM
> > > To: Scirocco-l; Allyn
> > > Subject: Re: NEED HELP ASAP! - calling all VR6 gurus
> > >
> > > I think there might be a hall sender on the crack or cam 
> of the VR6 
> > > (not sure), if that fails, it should end in a no spark situation, 
> > > just like our 16v roccos.  Couldn't say thats what the 
> issue is, but 
> > > it's possible.  Best thing to do is see if a local 
> autozone can lend 
> > > you a OBDII reader and find out what the car was bitching 
> about in 
> > > the first place, might be a nice clue to the source of 
> the issue.  
> > > Or better yet, Hit this link and filter by city, there 
> are several 
> > > in pittsburg that Have VAGcom's.
> > > http://www.steve-hall.com/cgi-bin/VAG-Locator.pl
> > >
> > > Most of them will come and Vag the car for beer/dinner or 
> just for 
> > > shits & grins.  Wish ya broke down closer to home, I 
> could Vag the 
> > > car for ya.
> > >
> > > Good Luck,
> > > William S.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 3:18 PM
> > > Subject: NEED HELP ASAP! - calling all VR6 gurus
> > >
> > >
> > > > OK,
> > > >
> > > > So I picked up a 97 GLX VR6 Passat in PA.  Flew out there
> > > to drive home.
> > > Stopped at my cousins in Pittsburg last night.  Check
> > > > engine light came on during hard rain about 20 mins from
> > > their house, but
> > > had no impact on drivability.  This morning - no start.
> > > > Cranks fine, but no spark.  Did some troubleshooting (with
> > > their limited
> > > house tools, ugh).  With some creative mcgyver stype
> > > > jumpering, I bench test the coil pack (works).  So the 
> fault lies
> > > somewhere before the coil pack (not getting signal).  I've checked
> > > > all under-dash fuses and all harness connections I could
> > > easily get to,
> > > including the computer (rain tray).  Everything seems fine.
> > > >
> > > > Anyhow, I have no technical background with the VR6 and 
> cant find
> > > schematics anywhere online.  Has anyone troubleshot these at all?
> > > > I'm basically stuck about 14 hours from home because of
> > > some (likely)
> > > minor issue that's preventing spark trigger.  I basically need
> > > > to know where to take readings for troubleshooting.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance.
> > > > 912-227-2081
> > > > Al
> > > >
> > > >
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