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Have the right push rod? If not the pump will be short stroking and you could slowly be draining the float bowls faster than the pump can keep em filled. Run like this around town with the engine hot? Or just under sustained high speed operation? Checked your timing at full advance? ----- Original Message ----- From: <Coeemail@cs.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 12:11 PM Subject: [T3] fuel/carb problem > OK, I've got a ''72 Squareback with a recent rebuild and new dual Weber 34s. > It starts and runs great, but after I'm on the freeway for 15 miles or so, it > really starts running rough. Acts likes it's not getting enough gas. It > sputters and occasionally backfires. The car has new fuel lines and a new > mechanical fuel pump. The lines seem to be clear as far as I can tell. I've > taken it twice to a shop I consider reliable and had them sync the carbs. The > problem is, it's cold when they have it, so they don't see it when it's > running rough because you have to drive it pretty far before it starts > missing. Anybody ever had this problem? > > Aaron > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ >