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--- Rob Snow <ugly442@yahoo.com> wrote: > This sounds so familiar it's almost funny. I bought > a > 73 fasty that didn't run last year. It still runs > like crap, but technically it runs. > It has been switched by (I don't know who) to carbs. > > It seems like as soon as I fix one problem another > falls apart. It's been in the shop about half the > time i've owned it. I'm no expert either, but the great thing about FI is that once you find out what's wrong and fix it, it just *works*... No tuning involved, no syncing stuff up, no adjustments... > I'm no expert, i'm no mechanic, hell i'm new to the > type 3s, so take my advice as you will. > > Injector trouble is expensive to have fixed, > I've been told that the original fuel injection is > old > and sorta unreliable. We're had a lot of talk about this on the list recently, and most of us here are FI people *because* of the reliability of the system. You just need to know how to troubleshoot it. Just mention a symptom on the list and you'll probably have your answer in an hour or so. And some people on this list have parts they're willing to sell as well. I had two leaky injectors and found a couple NOS Bosch ones on Ebay for $25 each. Not too bad. After that, it was just a matter of fixing vacuum hoses and my car ran as good as new. Rarely should you have to pay mucho $ for FI-related problems. Even if you need a whole new brain (like I do on occasion), someone here will have one for you. Aaron ===== ----------------------------------------- Have you driven your Type 3 today? http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ ----------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org