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On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 19:24, Larson Dean-Biehl wrote: > Volks, > > Alright the mechanic looked at it today! Here is what he said. Now I have > read that "the brain" is the most misdiagnosed problem with VW of this type. > > "All the injectors are fine, the problem is all the injectors keep pumping > gas into the cylinders even when the cylinder is not firing - so they say > they think (but cannot confirm) it is the computer which controls the > electronic ignition and that is going to take some time to hunt down a used > one, which he says is about $200.00. To a certain degree i don't believe > them, i believe something was disconnected or hooked up wrong when i was > farting around in there, because i pulled the computer out thinking it might > have gotten unplugged, no news from your chat line of someone in my area > that knows this stuff better?" > > Anyone have a similar problem? I have had a few good suggestions that can > fit I just thought I would throw all the info out there now to see if this > isa little more clear. > I doubt if it is the "computer". Beside, it does not have anything to do with the ignition. It is the last thing to suspect. As Jim said, It is more likely that something is wired wrong or there is a hose off someplace. I have a couple spare computers for '70, '71's. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/