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On 5 May 2004 at 13:35, Jacob Schroeder wrote: > My Square has been acting up recently, but not all the time. Occasionally > when I start my car, it'll idle very erratically. Sometimes it'll even die. This doesn't ring any bells, yet. Maybe we need more description. > When the car is idling very slowly, I can hear a sound that either sounds > like rubbing metal or "swooshing" air. It sounds like that is coming from > the distributor generator area. Try using a long tube to listen thru, or a screwdriver with the blunt end in one ear, to pinpoint the sound. OTOH, like you say, there may not be anything there that is unusual. > When I pulled one hose off in particular, the problem seemed to go > away. This is when I pulled the hose off of the top of the Air Intake > Distributor. This hose leads from the top of the AID to the driver's > side of the engine compartment to a metal cylinder type object (I used > to know the name of this) which also has a connector on it like the > ones that go to the injectors. If this is the hose to the Air Cleaner, then this should not change anything. Check the hose to the pressure sensor, and make sure it is attached on both ends. > I have also started to notice a significant decrease in fuel economy, when I > say significant, I mean it has dropped below 20 mpg (not quite accurate, as > I'm sure my speedo is a little off, so I'm guessing my odometer is as well). Do you have a voltmeter? If so, measure the voltage across the battery with the engine warmed up after a drive and the engine running at medium rpm. It should be above 13.5V. Do you hear occasional clicking sounds from under the back seat while you're driving? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org