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On 20 Feb 99, at 0:21, oofacts@earthlink.net wrote: > On top of all this, I have over sensitive ears and could have sworn I heard > a faint knocking at idle. I know knocking is a full load symptom but is this > just that clacking of valves? My valves are .006/.006 (waiting for warmer > dryer weather until I can do .004/.006) Using a long screwdriver as a > stethoscope I put it over the cylinder metal and the left side was > definitely louder than the right. When I put it over the engine block itself > at the center, it sounded like millions of elves hitting wood blocks with > tiny mallets. I like to do the screwdriver-in-the-ear trick, too. There are lots of noises to be heard. Try to put the screwdriver on solid parts, not sheetmetal because that can ring and transmit sounds strangely. Try different parts of the case and both carbs, as close to the head as you can reach. > Anyway. Next decent weekend I'm going to look for vacuum leaks and check my > coil. These, WebOÂ 3 are the 2 most probable culprits to my problems. > Those problems being: > a. Starting in 1st, I have to be real careful with the throttle or the car > bucks. > b. The car flattens out at higher rpms unless I floor it. Only then does it > wake up. (You can hear this clearly with the car in Neutral and run it > through it from no-to-full throttle. Neither of these sounds like a coil problem to me. Nor a vacuum leak either, but I don't have the experience with carbs that others here have. > And what the hell is this fabric hose leading nowhere in the right rear of > the engine compartment? If you actually mean right FRONT, then it leads to the charcoal cannister mounted over the tranny. A red hose leading down to the head at right rear is part of the crankcase ventilation system; lets fresh air into the engine and originally came from a filtered port on the air cleaner. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe