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Check the hose is in place from the pressure sensor (under the left of the engine bay) to the intake air distributor, and looks in good condition. If not, the idle vacuum isn't sensed and it thinks the throttle is wide open so injects loads of fuel. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Showker" <jshowker@comcast.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:48 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Newbie--FI advice needed--Jim Adney > > > > > > First thing to do is get in the car and turn the ignition ON. You should > > hear a > > > relay click and then a second click about 1 second later. Between clicks > > the > > > fuel pump in front should run. If you don't hear this exact sequence > then > > there > > > is a wiring problem. Let us know what you hear and we can go from > there.. > > The sequence we heard was not this. it was (from the front) whir (maybe 2 > seconds), Click. Then from the back a soft click about 1.5 seconds later. > > There are two sensors disconnected and connected to the pots on the dash. > > We got it started. It runs very rich, that chug chug type of running, with > lots of smoke and smell of gas. At a high idle we measured 15.31v at the > generator big post and 14.09 volts at the battery. My son was really > excited that we got it running. Since he is paying for everything, he is > jazzed that we might get going without a rebuild, which is what I told him > would probly be needed when we looked at it. > > Looking forward to your reply and thanks in advance, > > Jim showker > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >