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Half your trigger points or their connector could be dirty, making poor contact and cutting off those two cylinders. Keith Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Dypsky" <dypstick@dypstick.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:38 PM Subject: [T3] Cylinder #1 and #2 inop > Hi all, > I'm having a bit of a problem with my Fastback (71 FI MT). I was driving to > work last week, and about halfway there, lost a lot of power. I can barely get > to 50 MPH and stay there. I don't think cylinder #1 or 2 are doing anything. I > can pull the connectors off both injectors and my idle does not change. Same for > the spark plug wires. Of course, if I pull anything off #3 or #4, it dies, > because then its only running on one cylinder. > > I did a full tune up a few weeks ago- valves (.004 intake, .006 exhaust), > points, timing. I put on a new Bosch cap, rotor, and points. > > Tonight, I pulled the valve cover off, to be sure the valves were opening and > closing- they are. I did a compression test on #1, and got 100 lbs. I changed > the spark plug in #1, so see if it would have any effect, but it didn't. I put > the old plug on the wire and cranked the engine over to be sure it was getting > spark, and it is. I have also put my timing light on all the plug wires, and > they all seem to be getting spark. > > I put in my spare distributor, and changed back to the old cap and rotor, and > still no change. After I run the car for a few minutes, I can put my hand over > the driver's side heater vent and almost burn my hand. On the passenger side, > the air is the same temperature as the surrounding air, not even a hint of > warmth. > > I'm at a loss- this is the first thing I've come up against that I haven't > been able to figure out or fix. What else should I check? My cold start injector > has been disconnected, and I put a gauge on the CSI hose to verify I'm getting > fuel pressure there, and I get 30 lbs./in^2. If I turn the ignition on, and > open the throttle (from the engine bay), I can hear the injectors click on the > 1/2 side, and I can put my hand on them and feel them engage. > > So I have fuel, spark, and compression. I suppose it's possible that both my > injectors clogged at the same time and aren't working- but I don't think it's > probable. Any advice? > > Thanks in advance > ------ > Dan Dypsky > Ocean City, MD > '68 FI Squareback "Jenna" > '71 FI Fastback "Maggie" > '69 FI Fastback (for parts) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >