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On 26 Feb 2001, at 18:31, Matt Small wrote: > This afternoon I started my car and heard a bunch of pops, like backfires. > I was told before that this was due to warped heads that had gaseous buildup > which let loose when I started the car. It hadn't been doing it for a long > time until today. I drove it home with no problems, but about 10 minutes > later, when I went to leave again, my car fired up, then died immediately, > tried it again and the same thing happened. After a few tries the car would > just crank and crank and not start. This is exactly what was happening > before. I think that Pat got my car starting nice after adjusting the fuel > pressure and points, as well as checking the timing and connections. > (Anything else Pat?) I left for a while and came out to try again and the > same thing happend, it just cranked and cranked. Any new ideas? I'd check the points again to make sure that they didn't slip. I've seen them installed incorrectly such that the "peg" on the bottom of the points assembly did not fall in the hole in the breaker plate. This allows the points to float around and come out of adjustment. This could really be lots of things. You just have to got thru and verify everything until you find the one thing that has changed. It's not likely to be the fuel pressure. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe