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On 9 Dec 99, at 11:49, mark kaylor wrote: > 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. Maybe the idle is set too low, or maybe this is just normal for your car. It sounds like maybe the idle drops and undershoots, which wuld explain both lights. > either that or maybe its that damn throttle valve switch? This switch would not cause this problem. > question two. > my car has no acceleration at all. > 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. > 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, The compression on a 70 should be more like 125. That's with the engine warm and the throttle valve open. If the compression has been lowered for todays gas then 105-110 is more like it. > 70 square. fi. A 70 (MT?) should be pretty peppy. Are both your advance mechanisms working (especially the mech adv?) OTOH, your mileage is good, so that does not seem to be a problem. One thing that you might try would be to do a running (on the road) fuel pressure check. The FI 28-30 psi should hold up ALL the time. If it drops under load then you've found your problem and probably need to replace your fuel filter. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org