It has a lot of miles, but runs well--until recently. When I take a
corner, it dies. The lights on the dash come on so it seems the whole
system isn't shutting down and staying down. If it were a carbed
engine, I would be looking to turn up the idle. In all other aspects,
it runs well, but this recent development has me stumped. Thanks for
any illumination you can offer.

 

35mmprojection@gmail.com wrote:
> It has a lot of miles, but runs well--until recently. When I take a
> corner, it dies. The lights on the dash come on so it seems the whole
> system isn't shutting down and staying down. If it were a carbed
> engine, I would be looking to turn up the idle. In all other aspects,
> it runs well, but this recent development has me stumped. Thanks for
> any illumination you can offer.
>
You might check to see if the steering column is wearing on the ignition
wires under the dash. It might also be the airbag spring in the steering
wheel is broken and causing a short.

You might also look at the steering rack to see if any wires are being
chafed when the steering is moved.

 

<35mmprojection@gmail.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
When I take a
> corner, it dies. The lights on the dash come on so it seems the whole
> system isn't shutting down and staying down. <snip>

I have an 80 of the same vintage. Unsure if there are sufficient
similarities around the distributor for this to be useful to
you...however...when mine did this I eventually found the connector (from
the hall effect sensor) on the distributor body had come away / broken,
allowing the wiring to chafe on the distributor. Cornering moved the wires
and intermittent shorting caused misfiring, loss of power and sometimes
complete stoppage. Once the car came straight it was all go again.

Good luck!

Dave

 

And also make sure that the large intake manifold boot is not
cracked/broken/loose!
--
later,
(One out of many daves)
1997 Red A4 1.8tq auto


"DC" <chudley_del_@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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>
> <35mmprojection@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8db6d61c-77c2-41aa-9b9c-c167538efaa9@g22g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> <snip>
> When I take a
>> corner, it dies. The lights on the dash come on so it seems the whole
>> system isn't shutting down and staying down. <snip>
>
> I have an 80 of the same vintage. Unsure if there are sufficient
> similarities around the distributor for this to be useful to
> you...however...when mine did this I eventually found the connector (from
> the hall effect sensor) on the distributor body had come away / broken,
> allowing the wiring to chafe on the distributor. Cornering moved the wires
> and intermittent shorting caused misfiring, loss of power and sometimes
> complete stoppage. Once the car came straight it was all go again.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Dave
>

 

On May 28, 4:29 am, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1nos...@pleasehotmail.com>
wrote:
> And also make sure that the large intake manifold boot is not
> cracked/broken/loose!
> --
> later,
> (One out of many daves)
> 1997 Red A4 1.8tq auto
>
> "DC" <chudley_d...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
>
> news:gvl354$uva$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>
>
>
> > <35mmproject...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:8db6d61c-77c2-41aa-9b9c-c167538efaa9@g22g2000pra.googlegroups.com....
> > <snip>
> > When I take a
> >> corner, it dies. The lights on the dash come on so it seems the whole
> >> system isn't shutting down and staying down. <snip>
>
> > I have an 80 of the same vintage. Unsure if there are sufficient
> > similarities around the distributor for this to be useful to
> > you...however...when mine did this I eventually found the connector (from
> > the hall effect sensor) on the distributor body had come away / broken,
> > allowing the wiring to chafe on the distributor. Cornering moved the wires
> > and intermittent shorting caused misfiring, loss of power and sometimes
> > complete stoppage. Once the car came straight it was all go again.
>
> > Good luck!
>
> > Dave

I should have mentioned this car is fuel injected. Thanks to everyone
for their input. If/when I get this nailed down, I'll post. Thanks
again.

 

The recommendation that DC gave on the bad wiring on the hall sensor in
the distributor is the the first place I would check. I had forgotten
that common issue with the T44s in my first reply.

35mmprojection@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 28, 4:29 am, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1nos...@pleasehotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> And also make sure that the large intake manifold boot is not
>> cracked/broken/loose!
>> --
>> later,
>> (One out of many daves)
>> 1997 Red A4 1.8tq auto
>>
>> "DC" <chudley_d...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
>>
>> news:gvl354$uva$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> <35mmproject...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:8db6d61c-77c2-41aa-9b9c-c167538efaa9@g22g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>>> <snip>
>>> When I take a
>>>
>>>> corner, it dies. The lights on the dash come on so it seems the whole
>>>> system isn't shutting down and staying down. <snip>
>>>>
>>> I have an 80 of the same vintage. Unsure if there are sufficient
>>> similarities around the distributor for this to be useful to
>>> you...however...when mine did this I eventually found the connector (from
>>> the hall effect sensor) on the distributor body had come away / broken,
>>> allowing the wiring to chafe on the distributor. Cornering moved the wires
>>> and intermittent shorting caused misfiring, loss of power and sometimes
>>> complete stoppage. Once the car came straight it was all go again.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>
> I should have mentioned this car is fuel injected. Thanks to everyone
> for their input. If/when I get this nailed down, I'll post. Thanks
> again.
>