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At 11:38 AM 6/15/97 PDT, Ken and Christine Davies wrote: >My 71 SB is making a pop, pop, pop noise,while on the gas, all throughout >the power range. It has lost some power, but is still fairly strong. I >thought it was an exaust leak, but after looking all day yesterday, I can't >find it. Could it be a head gasket or something? My wife calls it a put, >put, put noise. > Air cooled VWs don't have head gaskets like water cooled motors do. Put your spark plug wires out one at a time to find out which cylinder is missing. Then carefully inspect your spark plug and spark plug wire. Your spark plug may be cracked or your wire may be damaged and arcing to ground. One way to inspect for wire damage is to do it in the dark where you can see it arc. Larry Larry Edson sonofed@ix.netcom.com '66 Type 34 Karmann Ghia '65 Type 345 w/ electric sunroof