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on 12/1/2003 7:00 PM, Steven Ayres at comwest@att.net wrote: > Cruising requires relatively > little fuel, so the pump may be able to keep up just fine. But when you hit > that big hill, your foot goes down and you start using more fuel. Now the > float bowls are draining faster, the needle valves stay open and the pump is > moving all the fuel it can, but as you near the top the carbs run out of > fuel except for the little bit coming in and suddenly you're sucking air > (actually running way lean), the car jolts because the engine is now being > driven instead of driving, and you feel like you've spun a rod or something. > You take your foot out of it and begin freaking out, and just as you're > moving to the breakdown lane, the engine lights up again and you go "What > the f**k was THAT?" That was fuel starvation. I have never noticed anything like that going on, but I thought it would probably go a lot better with the proper pressure behind it. I haven't actually driven it since the adjustment, so I will have to give that a try and report back. Ben Doughney '75 1200L '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/