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On 5 Jun 2001, at 18:10, john r wrote: > Anyway with my '69 FI - AT Fastback, the PO recommended I turn the > key 3-4 times before starting, to load up the FI, which I do. She > has always started with a little 'rraannnkkk' sound and fired right > up. Monday morning no such luck. I get it to start up after a > couple of seconds, it idles very rough and slowly dies. It does > this repeatadly. after a few minutes of trying once I got it to > idle for a few seconds I can give it gas, and it will struggle, up > the rev's - then rev fine if kept higher than idle. It will slowly > quit again w/o giving gas. It would be useful to put a pressure gauge on the fuel line while you go thru this. See if the problem is fuel, or something else. If fuel is the problem, you might try a new fuel filter. It's above the fuel pump. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org