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Have you checked the timing recently? It may be a bit advanced and be running a little hot. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brashear" <dougbrashear@yahoo.com> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 6:03 PM Subject: [T3] Engine stuttering (throttle position sensor?) > Hello all, > > Sorry to have missed everyone at the Invasion :-/ > Hopefully I'll be able to make next year's. > > OK, now for my question. What started out as a > once-every-5th-drive type of problem is now occurring > just about everytime I drive my '73 Fastback. > Basically, I'm noticing a spot on the throttle travel > where the can wants to 'hiccup'...the spot is just a > few millimeters from idle, and anytime the throttle > rests in that general vicinity the engine seems to > stutter. My hunch is that perhaps my throttle > position sensor has worn out in that particular place, > or perhaps there is some schmutz on the contacts in > that particular location. Is this a likely cause on > an engine that has just over 65K miles on it? I'm > going to investigate it in the next few days, and will > also check the manifold pressure sensor for oil and > such. Also, not sure if this is related, but once or > twice this summer the car has run-on for a few seconds > after shutting off the ignition. Any idea what that > might be? > > Thanks much in advance for any advice or suggestions! > > - Doug :-) > Falls Church, VA > 73 Fastback > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >