Hi
I have a slight problem with my 74 kombi 1800 and thought i'd write it up in the hope that some one could identify the cause for me.
Basically it gets the "shakes" (as in it feels as though i am going over a cattle grid) but this only occurs when the engine is under stress, ie, up to 60kph (when pulling off) or going up a hill (i do drop back from 4th to 3rd and it is better for a while).
My mechanic who has serviced the car ever since i have had it (1999) has tried everything including fuel pumps both electric and the other type (sorry i'm not mechanically minded), checked fuel lines, replaced filter etc and a host of other options i can't remember. As he has now left the district in retirement after unsuccessfully trying to solve the problem (he is a respected vw mechanic of 40 yrs standing, had the car for 2 months and charged me nothing , i told him to keep it as long as he needed it as i still had the use of my beetle, so it was not an inconvenience).
Another way of trying to describe it is it feels like water in the line or it is starving of petrol and yet once i go above 60 kph or hit flat open road, i cruise effortlessly at 90 - 100 kph.
Any ideas? As i dont get the use of the computer all that often, it will be Wednesday at the earliest till i can return, failing that it will be next sunday, so if anyone can help i would like to thank you now in advance.
regards
ned
ned Slammed & Awesome Dubber
78 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·
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