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cool. i will try to get her to turn over this weekend, after a battery chage and a splash of fresh gas! ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Percy To: type3@vwtype3.org Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [T3] exhaust questions... If you lost power while driving in an ice storm and then did not drive it again I would suggest you try the car again if you can before you change anything. Check and see if there is a hose on the air filter to allow warm air to be drawn into the filter. On a day where the temperature is right around freezing and the air is very moist the air intake (The air distributer in an FI car, or the Venturi in a Carb car) can ice up if the warm air hose is missing and all it can take in is cold, moist air. I had that happen in a carburetored car and it graduallly lost power until it would just barely run while parked, and I had the accellorator pedal held right on the floor. >From: Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> >Reply-To: type3@vwtype3.org >To: type3@vwtype3.org >Subject: Re: [T3] exhaust questions... >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:48:03 -0700 (PDT) > > > >On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Jim Smith wrote: > > > process is going to be extremely slow and tedious for me. trial by fire > > methinks. > > Take it slowly -- read up, ask questions, and don't play >hit-and-miss by buying replacement parts unless you can confirm that the >old parts are bad. If you have time, that's good. > > > the gas mileage was great, except for when it was freely pouring out the > > back of the car from the leaky injectors. > > Well, glad you found the list now -- we could have walked you >through how to repair the externally leaking injectors (a common problem) >without having to buy new parts. :( > >-Greg > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > Enjoy 25MB of inbox storage and 10MB per file attachment With MSN Premium Get 2 Months FREE*