Re: 16v problem - bucking upon take-off

["Jeffrey W Bynum" <audiodyn@otelco.net>]

The intake boot is intact, as well as all vacuum lines.

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Pelletier" <vwnuts@yahoo.com>
To: "Jeffrey W Bynum" <audiodyn@otelco.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: 16v problem - bucking upon take-off


> 
> Did you check for a ripped intake boot or vacuum leak?
>  
> 
> --- Jeffrey W Bynum <audiodyn@otelco.net> wrote:
> > 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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