Not revs, tach.

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

I would check your timing first set everything to tdc, then check your
vaccum lines, then make sure your idle screw is not missing an oring, as
well as the idle set screw (the one that prevents the idle to go below a
certain limit (on the TB), also I would check your Mix setting.

I had this problem with my daily driver, turned out to be off timing the
idle screw was all the way out, and the mix was at 0.9mv instead of 1.18 mv.

it purrs now.


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=>At 12:54 AM 7/31/2003, Legion wrote:
=>>Hey folks:
=>>I previously wrote the following ...
=>>
=>>When I'm driving or idling, my '82 8v's revs drop to zero and
=>she stutters
=>>like she's going to stall, and almost does, but then catches and
=>comes back.
=>>That's if I don't give her any gas.
=>>If I step on the gas she chugs and then lets off a rifle shot
=>backfire. She
=>>then usually stalls. And if she stalls out, she often won't restart for a
=>>long time, if at all.
=>>
=>>I realized that it's not my revs that drop to zero, it's my tach
=>needle. The
=>>revs do struggle along, but my needle nose dives.
=>>I've learned that "old VWs are know for their wiring going off." Is that
=>>true, in your well-informed opinions?
=>>Thoughts, gotos, ideas?
=>>Thanks to all.
=>>Legion
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