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the engine was dying more and more frequently. every time i came to a stop, and i'd try to get going again, the car would die. --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 25 Aug 2003 at 20:24, Aaron Clow wrote: > > > > > --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > > On 25 Aug 2003 at 18:40, janina wrote: > > > > > > > it's a 71 squareback. she's fuel injected and > > > > automatic. > > > > > > > > it was getting > > > worse > > > > and worse as the car heated up. is it possible > > > that > > > > the car is overheating? if so, how do i fix > that? > > > > Jim, could this also be caused by a faulty FI > sensor? > > Sure, but we really don't have enough data to narrow > it down yet. I don't know > what exactly was getting "worse and worse" and we > don't know whether this has > to do with warmup (likely) or just something going > wrong at that time (less > likely.) > > What did "worse and worse" mean? Was the engine > getting weaker and weaker? Was > the engine missing, more and more frequently. Was > the engine dying more and > more frequently? These are all different things with > different sets of possible > causes. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com