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On Sunday 16 September 2001 22:34, jim wrote: > Hi, I was looking for some advice when I go to take a look at my car > tomorrow. I'm trying to decide if I can try a few fixes or if I would be > better of getting it towed to a mechanic. > > On my way home from the vw show in crystal lake, the car stalled after > coming to a stop or slowing down. If I could catch it in time I could give > it gas to prevent this OR pop the clutch to restart it. However, once it > fully died it became progressively harder to start. It did this three > times, the third time was at the exit of the expressway and I could NOT > restart it so we pushed it onto a side street. > > The starter will turn over the car and it will TRY to run, but the Oil and > Generator lights flicker (more on than off), the throttle has NO response > (but ocassionally, and less frequently with each stall it caught only to > stall the next time the car stops) > > The car was running decently, but would seem a little bumpy on occasion. > > If I can, I would like to adjust my valves tomorrow (depends on how safe > the street is, I don't want to get hit!) and adjust the Throttle Valve > Switch since I previously adjusted it (perhaps incorrectly? though the car > ran for a few days fine after the adjustment) when I was having a high idle > problem. Are there any other things I can attempt to get it running and > home. Just looking for advice. > > My frustrated side says TOW IT, my "learn more about your car side" says > figure it out for yourself, The city of Chicago says, "leave it parked on > a side street too long AND we'll tow it!" > This sounds like a fuel starving problem. Plugged fuel filter, plugged filtre screen in the bottom of the tank, etc. Take a fuel pressure gage with you, and see if you have fuel pressure. It should be 28-32 psi. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (not running yet) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org