Re: do 4kq distributors suck?

[Iain Mannix <mannix@privateI.com>]

>The only problem I've had with an Audi distributor is the hall wheel got loose
>and was acting funny, which was my own fault.  As a rule distributors on
>Audi's last a lifetime unless something happens to them, a short in the ign
>system or a bad vacuum advance..
>
>Scott

I see.  I had a bad vacuum advance not only on my orignal distributor, but
also on the one I got from the junkyard.  Sucked.  All better now, put the
hall sender from my GTI dist. into the Audi distributor, put an old GTI
vac-advance on, also.  Runs pretty well.  Have the proper v-advance on the
way, should be here tomorrow.  Thanks for all the help, both Scott and
everyone else - in looking for this problem, I fixed a whole bunch of other
stuff that was going to turn up sooner than later anyhow, like torn and
duct taped hoses, loose clamps, bad plugs, dead wires - it amazes me that
the car ran as well as it did.  I guess I just upset the delicate balance
old cars sometimes have, where everything just works, but if you change one
thing, it all dies.  Problem solved, car is running well again, although a
bit soft at high rpms - I think this might be the GTI vac advance, though,
as while visually identical to the Audi unit, it has a different part
number.  The Hall senders share the same part number between GTI and 4kq.
Again, thanks to all who responded - I know a lot more about my new car,
and have cut a lot of potential problems off at the pass, so to speak!  On
to more fun and less mundane stuff like tires and exhausts.....


I.Mannix