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On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 08:40, Jaranson, John (J.W.) wrote: > OK, all you carb and engine experts out there, Sophy has a strange miss in her engine. I had originally attributed it to the blown out stock exhaust and the fact that each cylinder was likely seeing diffenret back pressures or something of the sort. Anyway, with her new single QP exhaust the miss is still there. > > Specifics.... > > Idles just fine, no apparent miss > Accelerates just fine, no apparent miss > Under any kind of engine load, no apparent miss > When under very light throttle, an inconsistent miss is very present. > > The miss is there in all gears and at different RPMs, but only under light throttle. As soon as I push in the clutch and idle or accelearte, the miss goes away. > Check the resistance of the plug wires and rotor. Check the distributor cap. Check for any small vacuum leaks. Check the gap on the plugs. Check for cracked porceline <sp> on the plugs. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org