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On 13 May 2005 at 15:31, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > > > Which flange? The filter, between the flanges is usually rotted out by > > now, > The flange in question is visible from the top of the engine, near cyl > #1. On the crossover pipe from the IAD to the EGR, the flange where the > crossover pipe meets the EGR. The pipe rusted off the flange. There's no > signs of carbon/scorching here, though I can check with the engine running. That should have exhaust gas coming out of it. Checking it with the engine running is a good idea. You can remove the filter completely and make a plate to block off that port. The gasket is just one of the small diamond shaped ones for the preheater ports on beetle engines; they're in every gasket set. > >I sell switche assemblies which allow you to do this easily any time you need > >to start. I have installed them in several of my cars which had this starting > >problem. > I figure in this scenario some sort of momentary switch is the way to > go, right. I can mail you offline for a price on this solution, or a > wiring diagram or something (I'm capable of fabricating this solution). I just put together a momentary pushbutton on a little strap that you can bolt under there. It's got wires attached that run to the fuel pump. > Was this an issue with these cars when new? What's worn such that this > problem is exposed? This seems to get worse as the cars get older. I've never really figured out a solution other than this switch, however. Replacing all the injectors seems to help, but at ~$160 for a set that's pretty expensive, and then those injectors will just get old again. Since the starting problem is the only problem, the switch seemed to be a pretty good solution. I think I had the assemblies priced at just over $10. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~