[T3] Stock engine issue resolved
Jim Adney
jadney at vwtype3.org
Fri Nov 15 07:16:19 PST 2019
On 14 Nov 2019 at 13:56, B Fye wrote:
> 7th, my sneeking suspicion, though rare... replace the condenser. Bingo!
> All high speed misses, hesitations are gone. I know they normally work or
> don't, but if you have a mystery miss, this could be your issue I think,
> in 30 years of VWs, this is only my 2nd partially failed condenser.
That's really interesting. Sounds like you did a really good job of
troubleshooting and rooting out the cause of your miss.
Do you know what brand the condensor was? The real Bosch ones are silver
with the Bosch logo and part number stamped on the end. Many of the
non-Bosch (including those sold lately by Bosch but not actually made by
Bosch) are gold/yellow, but there are other non-Bosch silver ones out there.
I've never seen a non-Bosch condensor with any kind of marking stamped
on the body of the condensor.
Have either of your bad ones been Bosch?
Neither Russ nor I have ever seen a bad Bosch condensor. All my VWs
have old, original Bosch condensors and I never replace them. On
distributors that people send me to be rebuilt, I leave the condensor alone
unless the wire needs repairing. I've been known to use part of an
aftermarket wire to repair a Bosch condensor wire.
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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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