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David-Cathy y Josue Miguel => fellow mechanic => he told me right off the bat it was the elevation => and that all I had to do was relieve the => pressure on the fuel system. This is complete nonsense. Large changes in altitude do effect the combustion rate, and so timing adjustment can be good procedure, but that's all. The most common cause of power loss on long-distance uphill travel in the summer is overheating. You stopped, it cooled down, you were fine. What makes you think it was a fuel problem? Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ (@5,300ft) '66 KG1600 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org