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Distributor vacuum can damaged maybe? Advance mechanism not working. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "timothy kuehn" <keen_tj@hotmail.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: [T3] what have I done? > Don't I feel foolish. > > My square sat undriven for some days, while I replaced CV's and tended to > some other non-engine related odds & ends. > > So I get it down off the jackstands, and decide to have a little cruise. > After driving for about half an hour, I found myself in the tunnel > underneath LAX. It was late, I was practically alone in there, so I decided > to make a little noise. I mean, why else would they have made such a long > tunnel with such nice shiny echo-ey walls, right? So I press the clutch and > tach up pretty good - just for a second, just one quick stomp to blow out > the carbon. A nearly-mighty roar from my puny engine, I grin like a fool. > And as the motor returns to a normal RPM, there's one huge backfire, and it > quits. Restarts no problem, but now it runs like a complete dog, struggles > to build power. Acts as if something got sucked down a carburetor throat & > is restricting breathing somehow, but I've poked all through there and found > nothing. Makes no other suspicious noises, like I messed up a valve or a > bearing or anything. > > Suggestions? > > Sheepishly yours, > > --timmy > '72 square > redondo, ca > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >