Over the past few years, I've found that most of the "knowledge" for these antiques that we know and love (because we are closet masochists) comes from hacks whose knowledge stems from skimming the Bentley manual coupled with a few feeble attempts at troubleshooting before "doin' a VR swap, yo". Roughly 20 years after the introduction of OBD, the results are scary - Check Engine Lights are commonplace on a myriad of cars (especially VW/Audi products) AND most DIY wrenches are clueless about diagnostics without their beloved "VAGCOM".
I come across tidbits periodically and have a few bits of wisdom (very, very few, in my case) that I'd be more than happy to share with Charlie, especially if he's going to memorialize that information for posterity. I chased down a low-voltage fuel pump for two years (yes, I know I could have done it in less time BUT I'm stubborn and the car was/is my Daily Driver) - it's not that the information isn't in the Bentley BUT that the symptoms kept pointing towards a bad coolant temp sensor or knock sensor. As for such lovely internet sites as VWVortex, I'm done with that group - I'm tired of reading replies about how I don't know anything about VWs and that the cars should be coveted and babied. Worse are the threats because my opinions don't mesh with those of the 16 yr old kids who think that a "performance car" means "in the weeds, spewing black smoke from the exhaust". Charlie - thanks for the offer. I'll try to send along some tidbits of knowledge - don't laugh since my tidbits are truly BITS and my mind is getting feeble in my old age...what group is this again? Matthew ----- Original Message ---- > From: Charlie Russo <[email protected]> > To: a2-16v <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:40:57 AM > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] A2 16V Knowledge > > Just thought I would put this out there for everyone. > > If anyone with a web site that has 16V information on it is thinking about > shutting it down, PLEASE CONTACT ME. > I have some extra storage space on my site www.gti16v.org and would be > happy to keep that 16V information from > disappearing and would certainly give credit to the authors and caretakers > of that information. > > The "brain drain" of 16V knowledge is a concern for many of us as the years > go by. > I also see an increasing amount of mis-information regarding 16Vs (and > other older water cooled VWs in general) > on some on-line forums. (Matthew, you know what I mean.) > > Anyway, if there is anything I can do to help to stem the tide of A2 16V > Knowledge being lost PLEASE contact me. > > Charlie > > > At 09:50 PM 2/18/2009 -0500, Denis Goldman wrote: > > >I also tried to capture Alex's advice on my site back in the day (with > >Alex's permission of course): > > > >http://www.gtitoolbox.com/howtos.html > >There are other how-to's as well (how to replace a dist seal, timing belt, > >fuel injector o-rings, etc). > > > >Hope this helps (someone!) > > > > > >On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Josh wrote: > > > > > "Many of the 16V reference pages I used to frequent are no longer on the > > > web." > > > > > > > > > One of the 1st ones that I remember is Alex's.. which is still alive, just > > > a different URL- > > > > > > http://members.dslextreme.com/users/vwtuning/index.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >a2-16v-list mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > >For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
