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On 10 Jan 2005 at 14:33, brian b wrote: > I've been having trouble with my 68 SB FI. The last > few weeks it had started very slowly, barely idling > and then would reach full idle in about 3-5 minutes > depending in how cold it was. I would also get some > backfiring as well. It got the point where it would > run OK when driving, but would stall if the RPMs came > down. > > Now it has not wanted to start the past few days. It > cranks over fine, but will not catch. I had a new cap > and rotor, plugs and wires installed last year. I > cleaned the rotor and contacts for corrosion. Since > it is FI, I do get the smell of fuel. Any clues? Brian, You say that it has been starting "very slowly." Do you mean that you have to crank a long time, or that it only runs slowly once started? Where are you? How cold is it there? Have you done the normal tuneup items (dwell, timing, valve adjustment) recently? Has it been raining a lot where you are? How's your gas mileage been lately? I know it's counterintuitive, but corrosion on the cap and rotor have no effect on anything. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~