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On 15 Nov 2005 at 17:32, fess wrote: > I think I had been ignoring a slight missing or sputtering problem on the > short drives I've been doing. But now that I drive it on the freeway for the > first time in a while, I'm feeling like it's not in very good shape. > It seems to be slightly intermittent, but perhaps relative to the > throttle position. What year? If it's a 72-3, suspect the throttle valve switch. You can test this by disconnecting the switch for a few days and seeing if the miss goes away while driving. Otherwise, check the SP connectors for their 1000 Ohms, and the spark plugs themselves for wear (rounded electrodes.) Is your gas mileage okay? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~