[T3] intermittent cutout

[Mike Fisher]

Cutouts are more likely fuel starvation than anything else.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> Cutouts are more likely ignition than FI.  There isn't much on the FI that
> will cut the engine out completely, if you lose fuel pressure it will,
> trigger points or their ground, head temp sensor  could do it, if you have
> ruled out the ignition.
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> Keith
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> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Chris
> Sheridan
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 6:35 PM
> To: type3-vwtype3.org at lists.vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] intermittent cutout
>
> Hi All,
>
> Last night I was coming home after driving the car all week as daily
> commuter with no issues. was going about 55 and starting feeling and
> intermittent cut out. Engine would just stop for a second then resume. No
> backfires, no coughing, just a pause in operation. I made it home without
> issue. This morning, driving to work, it began doing the same thing, except
> more pronounced and more frequent to the point where I had to turn around
> and drive home, with fairly consistent cutting out 60% of the time and
> essentially limping home. It appearred to be much more pronounced when
> heading up a hill as opposed to on level ground. It was very very similar to
> the issue I had a couple weeks ago when I had hooked up a dormant gas line
> to my cold start valve and supposedly was flooding the motor until I
> disconnected it.
>
> It seems like a fuel delivery problem of some kind, either too much or too
> little. I need to trouble shoot the issue tomorrow - any feedback would be
> most welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Sheridan
> 1970 Fastback Fuel Injected Automatic
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