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On 30 Jul 2006 at 21:28, Gary Gamboa wrote: > >Car is suddenly refusing to idle. When I come to a stop, the car dies. Very > >hard starting again, have to pump the pedal furiously while turning the key. > >When started, the car runs at speeds over 10 mph fine. Only 400 miles into a > >tune-up and valve adj, new GEN and regulator installed at >that time. > > >Did a visual, no gas leaks, all inj connections and plug wires are tight. > >Took a few plugs out, normal wear. Swapped out the AAR. I swapped out the > >points as they had a nasty pit, did the dwell/timing and rpm. > > Now car idles better, but still has no power from a dead start. Even when car > is warmed and runnng, when I come to a stop, and I could floor it with no > response. Another symptom: I can get the car to idle at 1200-1300, but after > about 4-5 minutes, of idling in park, it will just slow down and eventually > die. Check the valves while cold. Check the dwell, then the timing. The idle needs to be set after the car is warmed up. You may have just set it cold, so that it's too slow once it's warmed up. -- **************************************** Jim Adney Madison, Wisc., USA **************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~