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On 9 Jun 2005 at 16:47, Iturzaeta , Joseph wrote: > My '71 FI sqb has been hard to start lately. It takes it a while to > actually fire up, and then as it is trying to warm up it stalls. I also > noticed that after warming up when I get it into higher rpms it feels > like it is mis-firing a little. Its all stock FI and I don't think it > has a cold-start valve. The problem is that I also don't have the tools > to really work on it, but at least I have the expertise at my disposal > through this forum. Thanks for any help. Buy a cheap voltmeter; they are sometimes available for less than $10. Measure the system voltage when the engine is warm and running at med rpm. If the voltage is less than 13.5V, replace the voltage regulator with a Bosch 30- 019. This is a common problem: low system voltage makes the FI run rich. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~