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If you perusee the archives at vwtype3.org, there's been a bunch of recent postings (like, in the last 2 weeks) on just this symptom. Voltage and cylinder head temp sensor come to mind as possible suspects. On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:43:10 -0800, Jim Showker <jshowker@comcast.net> wrote: > Thanks, guys. > > I just walked down the hill and bought the car. When we tried to start it a > few days ago, it wouldn't start. turned over but wouldn't light off. They > seller is convinced that there is something either wrong with the "brain" or > with the wiring. The symptoms are that it runs rich. He went so far as to > disconnect two sensors and mount potentiometers on the dash that he can > adjust for whatever the parameters are. My first reaction was that there > was something wrong, as I remember reading about the EFI way back when and > how it was extremely reliable, etc. etc. How long are the injectors good > for? > > The point about maybe not rebuilding the engine is well taken. I could very > easily do a compression test and just pull it out, clean it up and check for > an oil cooler leak, which it looks like it has, and maybe keep running it. > I'll post more when I get a chance to really check it out. > > What books are still available for the T3's, and which would you recommend? > > Thanks for the offers of help. It will be fun to have my fingers in a VW > again. > > Jim S > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > > The odds are that the actual brain is fine. If it's not, good used ones > are > > relatively inexpensive. There are lots of minor FI problems that this > could be > > instead, and most of them are cheap to fix. The FI runs well, works well, > and > > is extremely reliable, but there's a clear learning curve to getting the > hang > > of it. It's worth it, though for this kind of use. > > > > If you want to switch it to carbs, they are also available and the best > swap > > would be a set from a dual carb '67 squareback. Get EVERYTHING that you > need to > > go with it, though, from the air cleaner and fittings to the intake > manifolds, > > plus all the parts for the throttle linkage and the balance pipe. Don't > expect > > it to be cheap. > > > > You should post your symptoms here first. Then we can help you decide how > > serious your FI problem really is. > > > > -- > > ******************************* > > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > > ******************************* > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >