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Jim, I'm in the central valley of CA. Its been cooler here and recently very wet. When it started it was a very very low ilde with the pedal to the floor. It would crank fine till it caught. So it is turning over and cranking, but no start. Have not had the tuneup done for about 3 months. I don't drive it long distances, so it doesn't have more thatn 1500 mi since then, maybe under 1000. Had a rebuilt motor put in it in April. Gas milage has seemed to be maybe 15-20 max. Brian --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com