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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #30 on: July 29, 2008, 08:46:47 PM »

trav, are you sure its fuel infection issues?

you might be having an ignition problem, especially if its constant...

I had a problem starting the scirocco recently, expected the worst... it ended up being fouled plugs.
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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #31 on: July 30, 2008, 06:06:45 AM »

How did you set your A/F ratio?
Just in case, simple way to do it is to unplug the O2 sensor and plug a voltmeter into it, wait for the car to warm up, then adjust your A/F so it reads as close to .5 volts as possible. If it starts jumping around all weird and shit, you still have vacuum leaks but if it stabilizes you're golden. That's if you're running a single-wire O2 sensor. Even if it starts jumping around a lot, it's a sign that your ECU and associated bits are doing what they're supposed to and you just need to do some housecleaning in the vacuum department.

There is no O2 sensor on this guy.  Danny tuned the A/F for the FD on a car that had an O2 and verified that it was accurate.  As far as vacuum policing - I've replaced 100% of the lines with new lines and Danny and I did quite a bit of the spray/idle check and only found variance near the injectors - which after that I replaced the intake and gasket and then injector seals and cups.

trav, are you sure its fuel infection issues?

you might be having an ignition problem, especially if its constant...

I had a problem starting the scirocco recently, expected the worst... it ended up being fouled plugs.

I'm really not sure.  I was at such a loss I finally just brought it into waldenburg performance here local to a good friend.  Man, I swear I about swapped everything in the engine bay.  Plugs was one of the first things I checked, new wires etc but honestly didn't check anything else ignition wise.  I spose that was a mistake.
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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #32 on: July 30, 2008, 06:07:59 AM »

I would have probably sprayed the wires with water to see if they arced at all, but sometimes they can have internal resistance issues that can cause the same problem without being externally fucked up..

hopefully its something cheap... good luck!
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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #33 on: November 19, 2008, 07:17:26 PM »

Did this ever get fixed? I'm curious to know how it turned out.
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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #34 on: November 19, 2008, 07:44:42 PM »

Did this ever get fixed? I'm curious to know how it turned out.

Well, I got the car back from waldenburg and the car ran better then it ever has...  I asked Jay wtf they did and he said not much - usual small stuff.  Then the car just started to work...  He seems to think the problem was with the plug wires (the gap being to great from plug to wire internally).  I had it converted over to the MK2 stylee and he converted it back and the problem seemed to vanish for the most part - the car still sputters and loses power at high rpms but I dunno.  Works fine as long as you don't take it above 3500 rpms but that's pretty annoying.

I'm suspect of the head really.  I have a 2L that will be going in the car and I'm currently driving my new diesel so - I just drove it as it was and gave up....
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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #35 on: November 19, 2008, 08:17:24 PM »

Bummer. I just got another rocco and it's got some serious idle/vacuum issues that I get to work on this weekend.
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« Reply #36 on: November 20, 2008, 08:48:52 AM »

how many is that now for you? 36?
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« Reply #37 on: November 20, 2008, 04:38:00 PM »

Sciroccos? I'm down to 2. Sold one to brother-in-law, gave up the Callaway to a friend who was in love with it... Now it's just the 79 (which I might also give away) and this red 85, which technically belongs to my fiancee, since it was her speakers that I traded for it.

The Corrado ruined my collection. It ate all the time and money that would have gone towards tweaking on the 53's.
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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #38 on: November 21, 2008, 07:11:18 AM »

corrados ruin everything.

part it out.
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Re: Need help diagnosing sputtering/hesitation issue...
« Reply #39 on: November 27, 2008, 09:07:17 AM »

I had this same issue with my Rabbit and I ended up just ripping the little pig out.
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