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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Stickey valve?? bent or improperly seated pushrod? Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Jaranson" <jaransonT3@comcast.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: Re: [T3] HELP! > Well, I am at a loss. I swapped out the plugs for the Champions and I still > have the problem. I even tried the W8ACs on the 3/4 bank. Nothing helps. > The 1/2 bank seems to be responding normally. The 3/4 bank is not. > > I have verified compression on both #3 115psi / #4 120psi > I have verified spark at both plugs. > The plug wires are on in the correct order. > The float bowl is full of gas. > The accelerator pump is functioning. > I disasembled and cleaned both carbs tonight. > I checked the valves on both and they are adjusted and functioning normally. > The timing is OK, although I did not check it with a timing light. > The points open and close at all four lobes and are gapped correctley. > > She will start and run at idle and will rev up, but pops loudly back through > the exhaust. It is clearly coming from the 3/4 bank. I also occassionally > hear something that sounds more like a large nut rattling around. I am not > at all sure that it is not just the engine popping during a different part > ofthe stroke or something. > > Now for the weird stuff. I disconnected the wire to the electromagnetic > shut-off jet on the 3/4 carb and she runs the same. I pulled both 3 and 4 > plug wires, and she runs the same, with less popping actually. 3/4 bank > stays cool. She is clearly running only on 1/2. But I have compression, > spark, and fuel......what gives? What else could it be? I don't know what > else to look at. HELP! > > > Later, > John Jaranson > '71 FI AT Fasty (Jane) > '66 Square (Sophy) > About Half a Late Square (Organ Donor) > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/jaransonT3/ (This is my new > website address) > > ------------------------------------------------ > 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/ </x-charset>