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the car was running fine even though the injectors were leaking, and all of a sudden it started smoking and now it's running poorly. do you think it could be that because the hose came off of the heater (which it did), and caused the motor to overheat? --- Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > > I think you've come around to sort of a routine > "car is running > poorly" situation. > > If it were my car, I would start first by checking > the point gap > and timing, and the general condition of the > distributor, and move on from > there. > > I would especially do this before replacing the > injectors. From > what you posted before, it sounded like maybe one -- > or at most two -- > injectors might need replacing. I don't think they > ever all fail at > once... what could cause that? I doubt that the > current, sudden poor > running is a result of some/all of the injectors > suddenly biting the dust, > so, even if you do replace all four, you'll probably > still have to deal > with whatever is causing the poor running. > > Might want to find where the oil is coming from > that's getting > onto the muffler. > > Good luck! Hope you have the time to check it all > out before > Vallejo on Sunday...!!! > > -Greg > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com