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two questions. first, i've been noticing something strange in my car, and that is the generator light flickering a little. it happens when my oil light flickers, which only happens when the engine is hot and at idle. here's a hypothetical situtation: i'm cruising downtown, the light turns yellow and i put the clutch in and stop. in this instant, my car slams into idle(it really doesn't ease into idle, it goes directly to it, maybe a problem?). the second the car goes to idle, if the car is hot, the oil light flickers a little and sometimes the gen light will flicker too. both go out upon acceleration and never come on when the car is in motion. what's up? i'm thinking my idle might be a little too low for my engine, even though its at 850 or so. either that or maybe its that damn throttle valve switch? question two. my car has no acceleration at all. well it cruises once i finally get it into 4th gear on the highway, but i seriously think a tractor trailer could beat me in a race. well maybe that's stretching it i'm trying to make a point. i DON'T have a lack of power, the engine is really strong, i take hills easily in 3rd and sometimes 4th gear no problem. its just not peppy at all in the first 3 gears. sometimes, for example, if i'm in 2nd gear, i'll accelerate and it seems as though the engine gets to a certain rpm and it hits a brick wall. i don't have a tachometer so i can't verify, but i'm certain it should hit much higher rpm's before i have to shift. i just tuned her up, the valves are on, timing all that stuff. compression is over 100 on all 4. and my gas mileage is amazing, which backs up the fact that most of my timing stuff is ok. what should i be checking? i hate asking all these questions, but muir and his idiot book is not helping me at all with this stuff, and its bugging me cause i know my car is capable of more than she's giving me. thanks in advance... mark. 70 square. fi. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org