running at an idle

Mar 23, 2007 1 Replies

not to long ago i ended up launching my 1998 golf wolfsberg edition into a puddle that was actually up to my shift knob ive draind the oil changed the plugs but she wont rev higher than 3500 and will only run at idle in gear can someone please tell me whats wrong with this thing some one told me that ther is a graphite sensor at the bottem of the distrubuter that probally got dezolved in the water but i dont think so so leave your input


There is an impulse sender and an RPM sensor in that vehicle, both of which could easily be contaminated. Have you checked them?

Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA

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