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Carl, Some things to consider. (not in any specific order). Fuel pump needs cleaning or replaced. Is fuel getting into the carbs? Maybe a carb rebuild is in order? When was the last time a complete tune-up was done? Dirty fuel filter or screen in fuel tank? Replace fuel lines? Throttle cable adjusted correctly? Just some ideas. Hope it helps. Tom '68 FB (Thumper) '70 Bug On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:59:25 +0200 Carl Van Tonder <vtondc@RANDREF.CO.ZA> writes: >Hi all > >Why is it that as soon as you feel you fixed the damn problem another >one creeps up on you???????????? > >My NEW problems is that I drove the car for +- 300 mile with not a >hitch, then one afternoon she started swallowing. >With my gauge not working I added 10 L fuel, but the problem >persisted. >Thinking that my fuel pump is shot I added a auxiliary pump to push >from >the tank, with no success. > >The symptoms are as follows: In order to get the car to run I have to >play with the fuel pedal (floor it and back up approx. twice a second) >and then she only picks up revs when I let go of the pedal. If she >does >idle and I give a little gas there is a bad hesitation where she >almost >dies before she increases in RPM. With the revs up if I try to drive >there is no power and she dies, gargling (A technical term for those >that don't know :-D ). I still have the original solex carbs and air >filter (I did remove it to make sure it was not the filter causing the >prob.) > > >Does any one know the correct resistance for the little wire in the >fuel >gauge as mine broke so I re-soldered the longest end back on (+- 2 mm >shorter) but now it obviously reads the wrong value.(empty is just >below >1/2) > > >As always, Thanx for all the replies > >Carl van Tonder > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > _____________________________________________________________________ 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]