Re: [T3] Its the So. 69 Squareback Again

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

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Hi Rhonda,

	In the future, please (generally) post directly to the list 
-- there may be others with problems similar to yours who might get 
help from the discussion, or there may be others who have solved such 
problems before.  No need to keep things a secret. ;)  I'll take the 
liberty of cc:'ing this message to the list.

	The old time VW guy, though he may be knowledgeable about 
VWs, kind, and well-meaning, is simply a fool regarding the fuel 
injection.  (Sorry for the harsh word.)  The system is simple, 
reliable, powerful, and fuel efficient -- but if you have no 
experience with it, it seems mysterious.  Jim, Russ, and others on 
the list have many decades and thousands of hours of experience 
working with the Type III, and they're generous enough to help out 
and guide you toward fixing *anything* on your car.

	Be very careful:  the symptom you describe *could* be related 
to the ignition system, or could actually be a designed-in feature -- 
Jim, Russ, would holding the throttle partway open be analagous to 
having the idle speed set too high, which causes such oscillations?

Regards,
-Greg

At 12:41 PM -0700 6/22/03, anthony&rhonda wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Because you guys were so helpful before, I thought I would address this
> e-mail directly to you rather than on the webring.
>
> We started up and drove our 69 around town yesterday and to a neighboring
> city via freeway and it ran wonderfully.  It really has a lot of get up and
> go.
>
> Well, we got up this morning, went out and started it and noticed that when
> my husband put his foot midway on the accelerator [to get the gas flowing]
> the idle seemed to go high then low, high then low all by itself.  If he
> accelerated harder the problem disappeared.  If the car sits at idle by
> itself it is fine.
>
> Overall the more we listen to the car we are assuming the problems to be
> more with the fuel injection.  It sounds as if fuel is not flowing properly.
> Is fuel injection a difficult thing to fix and maintain.  We went to
> purchase some parts yesterday at a place owned by an old time VW guy [he
> restores] who told us that in the long run we would really be better off
> changing over to carbs.  His view was a positive one though with regards to
> the automatic transmission being rather strong and longlasting.
>
> [P.S. ] Russ we have not had a chance to check for vacuum leaks in the
> engine yet.

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