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i'll start off by saying that i'm not very mechanically inclined, so you'll have to forgive me for using layman's terms and possibly sounding ignorant. i took woodshop in highschool and in hindsight i should have taken autoshop. but i digress! my husband's friend is a mechanic and somewhat specializes in FI. he took a look at my squareback and said the points needed to be adjusted, and fixed them. now he wants me to drive it around and see if it's still doing what it was doing (slow to get going after stopping at a light, sometimes dying) to see if the injectors need to be replaced. i will say that she (my squareback) sat in a parking space for the last 4 or 5 years up until this past february when i adopted her from my sister in law. the car hadn't been driven in as many years, and the electrical system was pretty much shot. (i took it to my local VW fix it shop and they repaired what needed to be done, total cost about $850.00) so i'm sure the injectors are dirty/clogged/whatever happens to them when they sit for 5 years. so now that it's driveable again (yay!) i got the brakes fixed (dished out another $250 for that; shoes and pads and cable replaced) but recently i've noticed that she's running a little rough and that's when i was told of the possible FI problems... like i said "i don't know nothin' bout fixin' no squarebacks" but i am learning a little bit here and there. thanks, janina '71 squareback --- Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > Hi Janina, > > Can you post some of your problem/symptoms? Some > fuel injector > problems can be repaired (like certain leaks), and > most are easy to test > for. What is wrong with your injectors? > > Cheers, > -Greg > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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