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<x-charset iso-8859-1> First off... smoke tells you little about temperature, you may just have an oil leak in or near a hot spot... you need a temp gauge to tell if its running too hot. 23MPG means that your mixture is OK, Try cleaning the trigger points and checking the connector to them. Keith > I have just got my '69 squareback together for the first time so that it is > drivable. Over the past few months, I have been asking questions about the > FI pressure sensor; this doesn't make me to proud but, I never even messed > with the adjustment screw as I had thought, it was only the cap screw plug > that covers the adjustment screw. At least I now know that the setting of > the pressure sensor hasn't been tampered with! > > All the components of are properly connected on the engine. Fuel pressure is > 28-29 psi. New plug wires and bosch plugs properly gapped. Compression is > unknown. The car runs fairly well, not to much power, although the P.O. told > me that it had been quit some time since the last overhaul. I am also > running pertronix ignition module gapped at .03, I haven't increased it yet > to .045 as recommended. (Can anyone explain this gap difference?) > > I have very cautiously timed the car with the vacuum advance disconnected > and plugged, RPM @ 900, engine warm, valves set, at 0deg as stated in all > the literature that I have. (Is this how all of you do it?) > > Here is the problem; when driving on the freeway, about 65 mph (also > happened once on a hill), the car cut out as if only running on about 2 > cylinders, I limped of the exit ramp and pulled over. The engine was > literally smoking hot. I started up again after only about one minute (It > ran normally at this point) so I connected the timing light and confirmed > the position at 0degs. The only things I could notice were that it seemed to > wander about 2 degrees and a very bad post ignition run-on (dieseling). > After a few minutes of cooling it seems to run well again. > > After running the first full tank of gas through, I recorded 23 mpg. > > I believe that I do have all the tin installed? When I am looking down on > the engine I can see the ground on both sides of the engine, is this > supposed to be closed off? And I don't know much about the air valve > controlled by the thermostat? > > I certainly don't want to burn up my motor so any advice on these issues > would be appreciated! > > And thanks for all the help that got me this far! If you want to see my car > through the restoration check it out here: > > http://www.a2zautoforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=729&pagenumber=4 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>