Comments on: WHAT THE HELL? http://www.vw-autoclub.com/what-the-hell Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.vw-autoclub.com/what-the-hell/comment-page-1#comment-4816 admin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:02:44 +0000 http://www.vw-autoclub.com/what-the-hell#comment-4816 <p>If the cat is failing, (or has failed) the problem is in your fuel system. <br /> OR, your ignition system isnt burning the fuel. <br /> Id bet the fuel system is the fault. Have it checked out! <br /> </p><p>Shawn <br /> 82' Scirocco GTi 8v <br /> </p> If the cat is failing, (or has failed) the problem is in your fuel system.
OR, your ignition system isnt burning the fuel.
Id bet the fuel system is the fault. Have it checked out!

Shawn
82′ Scirocco GTi 8v

]]> By: admin http://www.vw-autoclub.com/what-the-hell/comment-page-1#comment-4815 admin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:02:43 +0000 http://www.vw-autoclub.com/what-the-hell#comment-4815 <p>On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, josh clark wrote: <br /> > My friends '79 Scirocco just received a new exhaust and cat from Autotech <br /> > and now it seems the cat is gone (3 months old).  I'm not sure about this <br /> > in the way it now sounds.  Another thing that points to the cat is the <br /> > e-brake and the area around it in the cockpit are burning hot!  I don't <br /> <br />        If a "cat" is hot, that means it's still working.  The hotter it <br /> gets, the more it's working.  What has probably happened is that the fuel <br /> mixture has gotten way too rich dode.  You guys haven't been turning any <br /> mixture screws on the sly, have you? <br /> </p><p>        Jim <br /> </p> On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, josh clark wrote:
> My friends ’79 Scirocco just received a new exhaust and cat from Autotech
> and now it seems the cat is gone (3 months old).  I’m not sure about this
> in the way it now sounds.  Another thing that points to the cat is the
> e-brake and the area around it in the cockpit are burning hot!  I don’t

        If a "cat" is hot, that means it’s still working.  The hotter it
gets, the more it’s working.  What has probably happened is that the fuel
mixture has gotten way too rich dode.  You guys haven’t been turning any
mixture screws on the sly, have you?

        Jim

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