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[T3] Another rough running engine


My 72 FI AT fastback has this intermittent problem.  Occasionally, when I
take it out on the road it will have absolutely no power and bogs down when
you step on the gas.  You can drive below 20mph then try to increase the
speed and the engine bogs down and sputters and backfires it then will
barely go above 30-40mph.  However, sometimes it is fine and drives like a
dream.  One scenario that may indicate a fuel problem is:  the last time
this happened the tank was on about 1/4 tank.  I drove around awhile with it
bogging down and with engine temp increase the problem got a little better.
Then I filled the tank and the problem got a lot better, still a little
hesitation but much better.  Now I don't know if the engine temp or the gas
was what made it perform better. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jason Smith
'72 Fastback FI AT
'97 Jetta
jasontsmith@alumni.pitt.edu
http://jasontsmith.tripod.com/vw.htm <http://jasontsmith.tripod.com/vw.htm> 

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