[T3] WHY ISNT MY NOTCH RUNNING NOW!!!!!

[William McInerney]

Great info....explained in my terms. Today when I get off work I am going to check it all, other than the rust/tank situation. That is more for a weekend, a garage and more than one hand.
 
All I know is that it is 65 in the NorthEast in Feb and all I want is this car to start!. Bob, I got your number and I appreciate it. I also called my mechanic and he is very concerned it is not running top notch after leaving his shop and may might make a house call if I don't figure it out on my own. He said to start the car with the gas to the floor and it should start...thought I already was doing that to get it to start(not if it is running like it should, though).
 
 Seems like the moral of this situation is to keep more than 1/4 of gas in the tank. 

 
> From: jadney at vwtype3.org
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:03:46 -0600
> Subject: Re: [T3] WHY ISNT MY NOTCH RUNNING NOW!!!!!
> 
> On 16 Feb 2011 at 19:08, William McInerney wrote:
> 
> > Yesterday was a nice day, so I figured I'd take it out to work and to
> > run errands after, the car would not turn over. The engine turned at a
> > constant...de, de, de, de, de. 
> 
> Has it been rainy or very humid where you live? If so, pull the dist 
> cap and dry it inside. If that doesn't help, pull the spark plugs and 
> just dry their insulators.
> 
> Check the seam between the 2 halves of the fan housing. There is a 
> hole there, right in the bottom center, that gets plugged up with 
> dirt, but it's important for that to be kept clear. If you don't, 
> water will collect there and then be splashed all over the spark 
> plugs first thing when you go to restart the car.
> 
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