buck a roo 80Q

[William Magliocco]

this is a shot in the dark...don't know the car:

There should be a temperature sensor or few in the
water jacket, piping, etc.  At least one of these
should go back to the ECU.

Good chance the sensor failed.

BTDT with a 1.8L VW Fox 1987.  Car ran great when ice
cold, but once warm, puked out.  Dangerously puked out
on freeway once.

DVM testing (warm & cold conditions) indicated that
the sensor always acted as if it were below zero F
outside.  This caused too much fuel to be dumped into
the engine when warm, as the sensor thought it was
cold out.

Newer engines have more sophisticated ECUs which do
"plausibility checks", so the engine will ignore some
signals if they are clearly out of range.  But I doubt
your 1988 80 is that slick in the ECU dept.

Hey, it is worth a shot!

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