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Damn straight you should check that connection! I have been going over my FI system a lot lately and I discovered that I was losing 2 volts at the battery terminal going to the FI relay. I cleaned it up and it was all good... if only all my other FI problems were solved. -Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "alex sundberg" <alex608@yahoo.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 10:04 AM Subject: [T3] that little wire!!!! > hey everyone with sick fuel injection... My daughter > bought a '71 squareback in decent shape everything is > there.her FI runs good about 85% of the time the other > 15% you may as well push it .the problem is it > suddenly will loose power drasticly it will sound > like the engine is laboring very hard and getting > nowhere. then in a minute or tomorrow it will be > better. sometimes i can get it to misbehave by winding > it out a little farther between shifts. (still under > redline i'm sure)well... a friend and i were checking > the timing and as he was unplugging the strobe from > the battery he noticed a shitty looking wire coming > off the positive side . he hounded me about it for a > while and just to shut him up i put a new connector on > it... well that stupid little wire happens to be the > main power for the FI relay(just kinda important 1-10 > its an 18! )she now runs beautifully i bet my milage > will double was around 10.the engine starts better, > idles a little better (still" hunts" for idle > sometimes)and power is much better.. just thought > everyone with sick FI might check this wire it was a > easy fix. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/