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When I reach freeway speeds it will sometimes be fine for a little bit, but then will experience progressively worse power losses until the car is just gasping to remain running. If I'm running at less than 45 mph then it only experiences minor power losses for brief seconds occasionally (80% of the time). Is it possible my pressure switch is bad if it is giving the reverse responses? I have new plugs, cap, rotor, points, condensor, coil, etc....could it be my fuel injectors themselves? Becky '69 FI AT Fastback > On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, northaven@worldnet.att.net wrote: > > I have a '69 fuel-injected automatic Fastback. When I drive at > > freeway speeds my engine has sudden extreme losses of power. If > > Does it always die as soon as you reach freeway speeds? > Does it go fine for a while and then lose power? Or does it come & > go? > > > pressure switch (lives under the right-hand pair of manifold tubes) > > was disconnected from its electical connection. Upon reconnecting it > > My '69 automatic would run with this switch disconnected > electrically, but I believe it responded poorly to stomping on the > gas pedal. > > > The "How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive" book said that the throttle > > switch must have a number specific to my engine, but the VW parts > > The '70 and later throttle switch will not fit on your '69 > throttle body, and the later switches have too many electrical > contacts in the plug to fit your car's wiring. Don't think you can > really have the wrong part here. > > > place that sold me my current switch knew nothing about that. Would > > an identical looking throttle-switch be the wrong one for my car? > > I believe that that '68 & '69 share the same switch, and > that a later one would clearly not fit. > > Have you thoroughly inspected and adjusted the entire ignition > system? (Plugs, wires, cap, rotor, points, condensor, coil, timing > and dwell?) In my experience, if you don't do this first you're > only guessing! > > Good luck, > -Greg > '69 & '71 Squarebacks > '63 Beetle >