Gary; If turning off the engine momentarily cures the problem then the following probably is not the problem, but....you may want to take a gander at the Throttle valve switch checking procedure on page 24.58 in the Bentley. It might be time to actually get out the feeler gauge and check the actuation point. In my experience this setting is critical. It seems like I do this annually on our 85 and two or three times on my 86. Whenever a weird problem crops up (bucking, surging, poor idle, etc.) I run through this adjustment before I start replacing parts. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:06:52 EDT "Gary McEachern" <glmce@hotmail.com> writes: >I have the same problem on my '87 and it has a relatively new AFM and >the >harness modification (capacitor). > ________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail you don't need Web access to use -- Or get full, reliable Internet access from Juno Web! Download your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagh. |
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