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it would just die when i'd try to get going again after stopping. but it only happens after the car has been running for a while. when i first get going, it's perfect!!! then like 10 minutes into my drive, after stopping, when i accelerate, it hesitates a little, then gets progressively worse. --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > When it was driving at normal speed, how was it? If > it was just dying when you > came to a stop it could just be that the idle is > adjusted too low, but if there > were problems while at speed then that's different. > > On 26 Aug 2003 at 11:25, janina wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com