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On 5 Apr 2005 at 19:30, John Hilgers wrote: > I have a '71 stock Fasty with 90K miles on it. Two days ago it started > hesitating with the throttle about 2/3 down. It feels like the > injectors are sputtering the fuel out. And now when the car is warm > (after a 20 mile run on the interstate) it is idling extremely low and > sometimes dies unless I feather the gas pedal. (If it does die it > starts right back up) What should I be looking for? Is it a bad tank > of petrol? Need for a fuel filter change? clogged injectors? There's lots of things that it COULD be, the only hard part is figuring out which thing it really is. First off, check all the normal tuneup items: dwell, timing, valve lash. The idle might just be set too low. What kind of gas mileage are you getting? That's often a big clue, so it's important to actually measure it over a few tankfuls, or just keep track of it on every tankful. If the gas mileage seems low, check the charging system voltage: engine warm, med RPM, should be above 13.5V. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~