Hjigh speed power loss (different)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Carter" <jerry.carter@shaw.ca>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:13 AM
Subject: Hjigh speed power loss (different)


> I have a problem. My car will fly up to 4000, then just stop accelerating.
> I'll let off the throttle and switch to second (I'm not thinking that it's
> the clutch on mine, 'cause it's an auto) and again, fly up to 4000. after
it
> kicks into third, I'll get power out of it up until about 2500 when it
just
> starts slowing down. if I let it idle for a few min. then I get the power
> back again, or if I drop it into nutral I can pin the throttle and usually
> the car spins up to about 4000. if I pump the throttle, after about 8
pumps
> I can get her to redline again, and I have power back, but that's just a
> waste of fuel. I've let it get as bad as it can get (just so I could see
how
> things were) and pulled the sparkplugs, and they were black. I pop them
back
> in and let her run a little bit and pull them out again, and they're
clean!
> Makes me think that my mixture is set wrong, but if I lean it out at all
> (the idle mixture) then the car will die. if I make it run richer, then
the
> problems get worse much faster.
>
> I'm wondering if there's a high speed mixture setting that I can mess
with.
> if there is then maybe that's my problem. (I've probably messed with it
and
> not known what it does, and not thinking never gone back to it) I'm also
> thinking that it might have something to do with the fact that I still
> haven't cleaned my airbox yet. Time, funds, and general drive have not
been
> on my side lately.
> _________________
> Jerry C
> '81 Mk1 Scirocco
>
>
>
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