Re: BIG problem?!

["D.J. Bergesen" <achtungvr6@hotmail.com>]

I STILL need help, people... The smell is strongest behind the distributor, 
where that HUGE wire harness hooks up to something. It's the big, fat, 
cylindrical interface harness with like 50 wires in it. That's just where it 
seems to be coming from...

Dave

>
>Okay. You all know what sparklers smell like, right?
>It's also the smell that flooded my last car when the amp blew.
>NOW, it's emanating from my GLX. I got a check engine light back in FL, and
>noticed the smell one day - it lasted only a few minutes, and I thought it
>was from another car. 76miles later, the light was gone. The DTC indicated 
>a
>cyl 3 misfire, and a prob with one of the 02 sensors. Now, 2400 miles 
>later,
>in California (S.D.), I get the check engine light - AGAIN. So i decide to
>go to Metro Imports (VW/AUDI) to buy new wires. Cool wires, in red, when 
>all
>I was expecting was black. Replaced the wires, and two days later, when
>accelerating, I get the smell again. Only this time it's lasted THREE days.
>It smells electrical - you guys know that particularly acrid alkaline smell
>- and now I'm worried... Any guesses? plugs gone bad? three-day-old wires
>gone bad? distributor? I'm guessing it's *something* to do with the
>ignition, but WHAT?
>
>DJ
>
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