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On 5 Apr 2002, at 14:57, Christopher Sheridan wrote: > > Thanks everyone for you help in allowing me to get my wife's 70 fastback > running. However although I replaced many things and got it to idle > sufficiently to drive, I never solved the problem and sense that its > beginning to occur again. There are 3 clues: > > 1) Terrible Gas Mileage: about 150 miles on a tank (this is FI, Automatic) > mostly highway driving. > > 2)Hard start. Stalls first couple of times I start it > > 3)Occasion miss after its warmed up. > Also: blows alot of smoke on startup which I believe are the valve guides, > but I'm wondering if that condition, left untreated for several years, could > be having an effect. I would check the tuneup items first: dwell, timing, valve adjustment. In this process, verify that the mechanical advance is working. Then measure the system voltage at medium rpm with the engine warmed up. If it is less than 13.5V replace the voltage regulator with a genuine Bosch. The smoke either means that it is burning oil or that it is running too rich. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe