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Valves I know are spot on, same as new plugs. Forgot to mention that I went through the basic oil change steps in addition to the fuel filter. Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Fw: '72 Square FI - Not running right > On 7 Aug 2003 at 22:16, Kris Kuckowicz wrote: > > > Had a small problem with my '72 fuel injected square the other day. I > > recently replaced the fuel filter because it was hesitating a little bit, > > nothing much at all, or so I thought. While taking her on a test drive, > > after about 20 miles or so the car started hesitating, gently at first but > > getting progressively worse, forcing me to pull over and get a tow home. > > (stalled out sitting at a traffic light, bucks like a bronco in first) The > > car starts fine, however once put under any load it begins to bog down and > > stall out. As of yet I have not done any tests ie voltage or checking the > > injectors etc. . . But did check all hoses which are intact and connected. > > Start with the basics: dwell, timing, valves. Don't even think about anything > else until you cover those bases. Remember that the 72 needs special timing > instructions that are ONLY to be found correct in the Bentley manual. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >