I'd go along with the gas from earlier. A couople of other possibilities are: cracked piston, or a dead cylinder that lets the gas run down into the crankcase. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hauptmann, Eric" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: [a2-16v-list] Any ideas on this? RE: 1990 GLI....If you work on these yourself, I NEED YOUR HELP!
> > From: Ron & Paula [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WWW.GLIREALM.COM] 1990 GLI....If you work on these yourself, I > NEED YOUR HELP! > > > > My son bought a GLI last March. In May it blew a head gasket and went to > Volkswagen for repair. They were changing rings and bearings as well as the > head work. They put it back together and blew the engine during the test > drive. They put in a used engine with what is supposed to be less miles but > they could never get the car to run well because it ran so rich that when > you turned the key it flooded the engine. They finally gave up and returned > my money and car. > > > > I got the car started by dropping the position of the control plunger in the > fuel distributor. The car still does not rev but it will idle with a slight > pulsing of the engine. The big problem is that it is blowing white smoke, > not steam, and unburnt gas from the exhaust and into the air box. We drained > the oil and it was heavily contaminated with gas. Do you think that the gas > in the oil is from the cylinders filling with gas so many times before > starting, or is there something blown? I am thinking that the white smoke is > because there is so much gas in the exhaust system that it is just burning > that off because after changing the oil in the car there was less smoke. Any > ideas? > > > > I feel bad for my son. he drove this car for 3 - 4 weeks before the blown > head gasket, and every time we think we are making progress it is something > else. I really hope you all can help. Also, does anyone know of where to get > a new wiring harness for the Motronic System? > > > > Ron > > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
