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On 7 Apr 2005 at 18:06, John Hilgers wrote: > Check your charging system voltage as I suggested > yesterday. > > > Yes, I did and I ended up replacing the voltage > regulator. It solved a lot of different problems, but > not the sputtering. I did notice the generator > throwing out some intermittent sparks when I increase > the throttle. (I do not have a voltage meter). I am > not a mechanic, but sparks from the generator cannot > be good! What next?!? Make sure that all 4 injector plugs are pushed in snug. You may need to take these apart and gently squeeze the terminals to make them tight on the injector pins. This is a job for someone experienced. It's easy for the right person to do, but also easy to make a mess of if you're not sure of the process. You could try just unplugging the throttle valve switch (TVS) from the right side of the throttle valve. I've not seen a '71 go bad this way, but this is a rather common problem in 72-3 for exactly your symptoms. If the problem goes away then you need to look at the TVS. Check the fuel overflow hose. If you smell gas after left turns and see it on the ground after fillups, then you need a new hose. A broken hose will let water and dirt into your fuel system as well as letting gas out. Both directions are bad. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~