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Oh great. One more variable to contenet with...
Sorry to hijack in here, but I've been tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much!) with the DubChick's slush-o-matic. I was convinced that it had to do with a fuel pump. Replaced that and no dice. Smelled gas while I was checking out the external one and found that the glued on nipple on the filter alongside the fuel tank (yep, there's one there too) was delaminating off and leaking. Don't worry, the new one has this molded in place so for once VW recognized the fault. After relacing that mess, she ran realatively good. For about 5 minutes.
Then I got smart and hooked up a fuel pressure tester. When flipping the cutout switch the car ran great! Ok too much fuel pressre and it's running rich. Never saw this because the plugs (new ones again) are fine. Nice toaty tan color.
I replaced the CIS unit from my 'rocco and it idled better. Irt was at this time I found that the ile was was all whacked. The PO had the stop plate at about a 20 degree angle! I backed this off to just b-a-r-e-l-y open and then worked the PROPER mixture screw to get an idle. Wow was it off! Started fine and ran strong. No more unexpected downshifts while cruising. 3 days later boom! Back on it's face while I'm on the highway. So I tried a Porsche Technique: I kicked the fuseblock and sure enough, the Cabby sprang to life again! Aha! How many of us have pulled relays only to find something that resembles a leaky flashlight battery? Swapped the Load reduction relay with no effect. Fuel pump relay is fine. Maybe it's the connections on the back.
So now I'm faced with yanking the fuse block from Old Skool (already swapped froma Jetta) and plugging it into Bebe just to see if it wakes her up...
And now I read all this. What if this is the cause? What if it's the distributor? Maybe the Aux air module...haven't checked that one yet either.
Now they are calling for a foot of snow. No garage. Gaaaahhhhh!
Makes no sense, but it has to be the F*kin auto tranny. I HATE
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Automatics!