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Check for exhaust leaks somewhere. An exhaust leak would cause both of the issues you mention... Drake Lawson 72 Square "Ginger" Stock 63 Bug "Christine" Darkside ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Kuckowicz" <chacher@comcast.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Fw: '72 Square FI - Not running right > Thanks for the suggestions, massive improvement. Found out there was a gas > leak off of injectors 3 & 4. Replaced the fuel line crossing the engine and > all hoses (to be on the safe side) as well as adjusted the timing a few > degrees so it was spot on, and the point gap as well. Was able to take it > on a 20 mile test drive afterwards, seemed to do alright but two more > problems were noticed. > > 1. It backfired twice on decceleration. > 2. You can smell exhaust gasses in the cabin after a bit of driving. (Could > be due to the exhaust leak between passenger side heat exchanger & muffler) > > Any further suggestions? > > Kris Kuckowicz > '69 Square (Joan) > '72 Square (Alive again) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:05 PM > Subject: Re: [T3] Fw: '72 Square FI - Not running right > > > > On 8 Aug 2003 at 10:05, Russ wolfe wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 09:07, Jim Adney wrote: > > > > On 8 Aug 2003 at 5:13, Kris Kuckowicz wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > How about the dwell? > > > > > Yeah, if they are new points and no lubrication on the rubbing block, > > > the points could be closed. > > > > Right, my thinking exactly. > > > > -- > > ******************************* > > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > > ******************************* > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > >