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<x-charset iso-8859-1>The "hunting" indicates a lean mixture (air leak or maladjustment). Thomas E. Potter Technical Specialist II Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 E-mail: tom.e.potter@williams.com -----Original Message----- From: Joe Barnes [mailto:joebarnes84@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:38 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: [T3] Idling problems and white smoke Hi, I've recently bought a 1972 fuel injection fastback auto which prior to my ownership had been stood in a field for a year since it was last run. I have since driven about 800 miles in it, but have been getting some idling problems in the last couple of weeks. Since I've bought it I've replaced the fuel pump, coil, condenser, points, spark plugs and one of the rubber connectors from the elbow joint on the heat exchanger as it had ruptured. I've also cleaned the trigger contacts in the distributor and this did briefly make the engine run a lot better. The problem is that it is hunting quite a lot whilst idling and I have noticed this morning that some white smoke is coming from the exhaust too (although this has not been happening until now). I've still got to set the timing, set the throttle butterfly, and make sure the valve clearances are correct this week but I was wondering if anybody could point me towards what the smoke indicates (hopefully not worn rings!) - this engine has less than 31k miles on it and it really shouldn't be running this badly. Joe 72 FI Fastback 70 Square ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>