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On 10 Aug 2002, at 22:08, Wade Shen wrote: > My '72 fastback has been having a intermittent flooding problems/rich > running problems and generally uses a lot of gas. Sometimes, it gets > into a state where the engine will run very rough, with very little > power and gas will leak out of the exhaust pipe along with white smoke. > Usually, shutting off the engine and waiting a bit, the problem will go > away. Although this mostly happens after starting, it has occurred a > couple of times after the engine has run for a while. Have you checked the charging system regulating voltage? Drive the car and warm it up. Leave the engine running and put a voltmeter across the battery (it's useful to have a helper.) Give it some gas to get the RPMs up to medium (2000-2500 rpm) and measure the battery voltage. It should measure 14.1-14.4V. If it measures less than 13.5V replace the voltage regulator with a genuine Bosch. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/