thanks... now the dumb question... is the coolant temp sender you're talking about the one near the distributor on the backside of the engine?
Mark --- Scott Napier <[email protected]> wrote: > I would say maybe the coolant temp sensor is a very likely suspect, > the one > for the ECU not the one for the gauge. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark > Stanton > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:12 PM > To: a2 16vGroup > Subject: [a2-16v-list] misfire hunting (replaced dist, cap, rotor, > plugs) > > I have a Motronic misfire that: > > - doesn't happen until the engine has run for about a minute > - causes really bad idle > - isn't as noticable at freeway speeds > - I've replaced the distrubutor, plugs, cap, and rotor. > - I haven't checked the spark plug wires > > I'm thinking it's down to the knock sensor or ECU but I'm just not > sure how > to nail it down. > > It runs perfect in the morning for 30secs-1min and then goes bad. > Something tells me this is the key to what the problem is but I just > don't > know enough about what does what during initial warm up. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Mark > '88 GTi 16v w/ 2.0l Motronic conversion +Pchip > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz
