I had the same scenario on my 87 16v Scirocco.
Chad Rebuck <[email protected]> wrote: >I can't be certain but some measurements of the cap and rotor seemed to >match the old ones. I got some off brand from rock auto called auto tune >because they were on clearance... I put the old cap and rotor back on for >now. >On Aug 16, 2014 12:20 PM, "John Lagnese" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Was it the right cap and rotor? They are not really visibly different. The >> parts guy may have been wrong. >> >> Chad Rebuck <[email protected]> wrote: >> >I put a brand new cap/rotor on the car a couple days ago. Yesterday I >> >removed the cap to have a look and found the rotor had torn up the contact >> >points on the cap. There was metal dust all over the place in there. The >> >rotor was on there solid and had not come loose. I only drove the car a >> >total of maybe 15 minutes since installing the cap. The distributor shaft >> >seems to have a very slight amount of play but I can't see how it would >> >move enough to cause the rotor to hit every distributor contact. >> > >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: a2-16v-list [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> >> Of Matthew Yip >> >> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 12:35 PM >> >> To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list >> >> Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] distributor cap and tires >> >> >> >> It's funny how these wear items, well, wear - I put probably 12K on my >> >> last 16v and was complaining that it ran poorly with bad fuel economy. >> >> Why? Because the idiot owner (looks in mirror) hadn't performed a >> tune-up >> >> in over a year. I'd check the distributor shaft to make sure it isn't >> >> wobbling a bit with old age - I wobble with old age and it's not pretty. >> >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >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. _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
