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On 7 Dec 2004 at 20:27, Steven Cooper wrote: > Again, I went for a short test drive of about 10 min, stopped for half an > hour then came home. Perfect on the way out, but 3/4 of the way home she > conked out. Suddenly started running really rough, like one cylinder bank > wasn't working, and totally lacked power. I see 2 possibilities: dirt (could be rubber from the line ID) in the fuel line, which eventually gets into a carb somewhere, or running too rich which eventually fouls a plug or two. I'd start by doing NOTHING except putting in a NEW set of plugs. If this temporarily fixes it, then I'd say that it's a rich mixture, or plugs that are too cold, so they don't keep themselves clean. If the plugs don't make a temporary fix, then I'd check that carb again, and possibly replace some rubber lines. Make sure you have a filter somewhere (don't let it hang from a carb) with good rubber lines everywhere after the filter. What plugs are you using? Is this leaded gas? Hint: Fouled plugs will run okay until they warm up a bit. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~