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Date:         Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:21:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help! Cunegonde losing power up hills
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>> We were driving along in 3rd near Mt. Rainier when...
>
>> sputter Cunegonde gradually loses power. We limped into Elbe WA, I
>> checked
>
>> for obvious vacuum hose and electrical/ignition misconnections.
>> No visible or odorific fuel leaks.
>> About 13 gallons of the usual grade gas in the tank.
>
>> I'm about to pull the plugs and see if she's running on all 4.
>> We're now in Morton on US 12. Not too far from Olympia, centralia,
>> etc.
>
>> She's been going great for several thousand miles, but we've done
>
>> several hundred miles of logging roads last week.
>
>> I'm going to get a distributor, wires and plugs.
>> Maybe the fuel filter or pump from cruz knocked loose?


Anyone know the nearest FLAPS with VW PARTS?




CB
206.854.3592


1983.5 1.9l WBX Cunegonde
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