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First off... I sell good control units for $50 BUT.. I think there is a wire on the starter that can be reversed that will do this... its in the Bentley, try that. Jim A anything else come to mind?? Keith > > 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. > > Lars > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [T3] 70 Square FI problem??? > > > > On 28 Oct 2002, at 15:23, Larson Dean-Biehl wrote: > > > > > I actually have not started the car, I am getting it from the owner, > until > > > this problem arose. Here is what he said: > > > > > > "The car runs fine other then it has lots of black smoke coming out > which is > > > of course the dumping of the excess fuel - however, it is getting so > much > > > fuel that it is actually going into the crank case." > > > > > > He said he just had it tuned up. All plugs just changed. > > > > The most likely cause is either a misplaced wire from the starter to the > FI > > brain or a bad voltage regulator. Don't let anyone just start replacing > > expensive parts; it is almost certainly nothing expensive, and it is > probably > > something silly and simple.. > > > > - > > ******************************* > > 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/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > 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/