Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:39:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: burned rotor
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thanks tom,
the bosch cap and rotor seems to be better already, in fact it cleared up my
slight hesitation i was getting at high rpm in third gear.  this may be due
to the old cap and rotor causing the engine to miss especially at high rpm,
dunno it just works now.  is this scenario possible?
thanks
jason
90gl


>From: "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran@earthink.net>
>To: Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: burned rotor
>Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 08:30:54 -0800
>
>Jason,
>
>I had the same experiences in a "Wells" brand cap and rotor debacle. A
>subsequent Bosch OEM cap and rotor cured the problem. No recurrence after
>10,000
>miles. I keep one of each, Bosch cap and rotor in my spares.  I remember
>reading
>that the clearances on the aftermarket appear to be too wide.
>
>Engine is not the culprit.
>
>Tom Hanlon
>Palm Sprin;gs, CA
>84 Westfalia
>
>Jason Willenbrock wrote:
>
> > hey all,
> > yesterday for no apparent reason i popped off my distributor cap.  my
>rotor
> > has a burned mark on the top about the size of a cigar burn.  now it was
>an
> > after market cap and rotor, but has been in there for almost two years
>and i
> > checked the rotor one month ago when i installed the new engine and it
>was
> > fine.  what caused this to burn out in a 1000 miles? i installed a new
>bosch
> > cap and rotor and wires this time.  what should i look for to keep this
>one
> > from burning up?  is it because it was after market cap and rotor?  did
>the
> > new engine have anything to do with it?
> > thanks
> > jason
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