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On 29 Oct 2001, at 14:50, Wuzmop@aol.com wrote: > This is a 73 type 3 EFI. I started the car for the first time in 15 years or so. > It run pretty well for about an hour. I started it later that day and it will > start,however when I push the accelerator it tries to die out and will not rev. > Any suggestions? There are lots of things that can get messed up in 15 years of storage, but most of them would be related to either the fuel supply (tank, screen, filter, pump, pressure regulator) or the distributor (points, advance mechanisms, FI trigger points) The first time you started it, did you take it for a drive, or just run the engine in the driveway? On a car that has sat this long, you need to be very alert for cracked fuel hose and gasoline leaks! Have you checked the ignition timing and the valve adjustment? How about the dwell? Fuel pressure? I'd go over all of these just to get an idea of what was working and what was not. Did the generator light go out when you ran the engine? Is the battery good? Give us more info.... - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/