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Chris, I can't help you with the details because my car has carbs, however the principles are similar so hopefully some of my experiences with my car may be helpful. >10mph at full throttle then inches > her way up very slowly, until, all of a sudden, bam! the engine is clear > again and power is restored, then as long as I keep it at a high rev she > keeps it going, but once I try to steady around 25 or so she will go in > and out or back to muffled completely. > Also, I was trying some other random things and discovered that > the engine kicks in easier in 2nd gear, and even easier in 1st. Not sure what you mean by bam!. Are you sure it didn't downshift? The lower the gear, the higher the rpm at any given speed. Is your kickdown working? > dropped (the idle still hunts, sometimes drastically, sometimes not at > all, this goes for both in neutral and under a load), ... >I went to check if > the connection to the oil sensor was loose, and tried to fit it on > tighter, this reduced the flickering only a little. I then put her in > drive with the emergency brake and she stalled, tried two or three times > with the same result. All of this sounds to me like extremely rich running. The only time I have ever seen my engine stall was when it was runningreally rich. Sometimes it would stall when I put it in gear, sometimes it would run and then stall when I pressed the brake. In any case, it was excessive richness that did it. Can't help you with how to get it less rich because of my lack of FI knowledge. Daniel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org