Re: another day, another failure

[janina <neen_44@yahoo.com>]

the engine was dying more and more frequently. every
time i came to a stop, and i'd try to get going again,
the car would die.
--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2003 at 20:24, Aaron Clow wrote:
> 
> > 
> > --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> > > On 25 Aug 2003 at 18:40, janina wrote:
> > > 
> > > > it's a 71 squareback. she's fuel injected and
> > > > automatic.
> > > > 
> > > > it was getting
> > > worse
> > > > and worse as the car heated up. is it possible
> > > that
> > > > the car is overheating? if so, how do i fix
> that?
> > 
> > Jim, could this also be caused by a faulty FI
> sensor?
> 
> Sure, but we really don't have enough data to narrow
> it down yet. I don't know 
> what exactly was getting "worse and worse" and we
> don't know whether this has 
> to do with warmup (likely) or just something going
> wrong at that time (less 
> likely.)
> 
> What did "worse and worse" mean? Was the engine
> getting weaker and weaker? Was 
> the engine missing, more and more frequently. Was
> the engine dying more and 
> more frequently? These are all different things with
> different sets of possible 
> causes.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
> 
>
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