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Subject: Re: [T3] 71 Fasty Engine help? Please, if there is a VW God Please HELP!!! > Hey Mike, > > I know alot of t3 guys who prefer to have an > "origninal " vw but unless the FI has been kept up > with the most constant extent then I would junk them > if I were you. I have a 68 fasty with FI and the > system was really unkept and there were same colored > wires everywhere I looked. And this was factory. The > wires were for the FI setup. I found it much easier > (and cheaper!!!) to install dual carbs. They are more > reliable, they don't need vigorous maintenence, and > over-all they don't have breakable plastic/rubber > parts. I mean the FI system is 30+ years old. How > much would you put your faith into that? especially if > you need your baby for a daily driver for work and > stuff. This would just save you alot of headache. BUT > if you like having FI and you want to keep it, by all > means do so. By having our t3's (or any veedub) we > love to have the things we want in them and we alone > decide what is best for our german made autos. How we > love them so. ;-D > > Erick > I put a lot of faith in my FI. My '71 had been sitting for 15 years with water in the gas tank when I got it. I replaced ALL the fuel hoses, cleaned the gas tank,and ended up replacing the fuel pump. It just didnt survive all the water in it. Neither did the gas tank. I ended up replacing it last week. But all the rest of the FI system is orginal. Just because a FI system had one hiccup, you don't need to condem it. I worked for the dealers for 30 years, and we had less problems with FI than carbs. Yes, even at the dealers we were scared of FI when it first came out, but it was a learning curve. Once you learn how it works, it is a hell of a lot easier to maintain. Since his problems started with a heavy rain, I would suspect water in the gas tank. The vent hose for the gas tank is notorious for being bad, and is in a place that never gets looked at, and is hard to see. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/