Re: 16v problem - bucking upon take-off

["Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>]

Check the intake boot!  This is usually the problem with your symptoms.
Once you torque the motor a little it pulls on the boot and causes the crack
to open enough to make it buck or die.  HTH!!

Dave

> I have a problem I am trying to diagnose in my 16v. It will crank and run
> fine while sitting still. When you try to take off from a stand-still, the
> car will buck (fairly violently), and will fall on it's face, if you let
off
> the gas, it will catch back up and settle into an idle. If you start off
> again, it will do the same thing. It doesn't matter if you rev it up to
like
> 4K and feather into the throttle, it still falls on it's face. I have
> replaced the distributor, the cap, the rotor, the plug wires,the plugs,
the
> transfer pump and the main fuel pump, and fuel filter with all OEM Bosch
> components. I have had the idle fuel mixture and timing all adjusted by a
> friend that is a VW tech. (he just hasn't had time to help me with the
> further problem). I have also tried swapping out the knock box with a
known
> good one, and the car exhibited the same problem. The problem has
persisted
> through the replacement of all of the above items. I would really like to
> get this one going , so any and all thoughts, tips, and insight is
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeffrey W. Bynum
> '85 Cabby 16v
> '88 Cabby 16v
> '87 Rocco 16v
> '88 Rocco 16v
>
>
>
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