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RedFury · 06-03-2003, 05:27 PM

Good to hear. I'll agree with Cadd though also, sometimes an intermittent grounding problem can be strange like he described.

I had a VW Scirroco that would die for no reason, and then it would either stay dead for a couple of days, or would start up after I'd lifted the hood or something weird like that.

Turned out to be the signal lead from the distributor had an internal break in it and the wire had to be replaced ( or put into the right angle to reconnect it ). Would have never found it without diagnostics.

Best advice I can dish out now is to just remember the circumstances around this, and plug them deep into memory for recall if your car ever dies like that again. Then, if the circumstances are similar or the same, you've got an idea of what to look for.

06-03-2003, 05:27 PM	#25 (permalink)
RedFury Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: mInN3$0t@ Posts: 1,303	Good to hear. I'll agree with Cadd though also, sometimes an intermittent grounding problem can be strange like he described. I had a VW Scirroco that would die for no reason, and then it would either stay dead for a couple of days, or would start up after I'd lifted the hood or something weird like that. Turned out to be the signal lead from the distributor had an internal break in it and the wire had to be replaced ( or put into the right angle to reconnect it ). Would have never found it without diagnostics. Best advice I can dish out now is to just remember the circumstances around this, and plug them deep into memory for recall if your car ever dies like that again. Then, if the circumstances are similar or the same, you've got an idea of what to look for. __________________ do it right, do it yourself. If that doesn't work, prepare to pay for your mistakes.