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When it was driving at normal speed, how was it? If it was just dying when you came to a stop it could just be that the idle is adjusted too low, but if there were problems while at speed then that's different. On 26 Aug 2003 at 11:25, janina wrote: > 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 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA