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There is grease between the plates, yours need cleaning and new grease put between them so they can slide like silk over the rub points. I take my distrubtors apart and clean them with carb cleaner(in the bucket)then wash and dry them, then oil and lube them. they work like new. Phil --- "J. Jonik" <j_jonik@yahoo.com> wrote: > Neither of my two VW Sqbk books says anything about > any lube, or not, between the two plates in the > distributor. (Fuel Injection) I suspect grit or > stickiness between these plates as cause of what I > call the "driving through sand" effect...or, the car > will momentarilly feel like it's pulling a > trailer...then be free again a moment later. > Vaccuum advance passes the suck-on-hose test. > > Or...what else would cause this? I fix usually by > cleaning the whole distributor or replacing with > other spare parts...but still don't know JUST what > the problem is. > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs