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'Bad' gas? Valve or timing adjustment? Tom '68 FB (Thumper) '70 Bug On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 09:26:07 EDT MShaf74143@aol.com writes: >hello all! >well I just put in a brand new stock 1776 motor this weekend and as I >was >driving the car home we have this really big hill about a quarter of a >mile >long before you reach the top, and all of the sudden a lot of loud >tapping! so >right away I let of the gas and it stopped. put my foot back and the >noise >came back. and so on. my speed went from a nice 80 km to 30 km(as you >dont >know I have a euro notch with no mile speedo) as it was really late >and I have >seen cars on this road the morning after, kinda something out of mad >max >movies! just raped and pillaged! so I have vowed to never leave a car >there at >all! and I was about 4 or 5 miles from home, so even if had to push >the car I >was trying to make it home. I made it to the top and just coasted for >a while >and no tapping so I gave it a little gas and no tapping. more gas and >tapping. >so I let off, tapping went away by the time I got home I had pushed to >full >throttle and no tapping. by the way, I only use super in the tank so I >know >its not the gas.? maybe, but what else coud this be? the car has about >50 km >on before I came home. please help because I goota drive from colorado >to >virginia on friday. YES in this car!!! >mike shaffer >63 1500 standard notch >64 1500s sunroof notch ( mystry tapping???) >66 variant > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]