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 mnsKmobi
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| posted on April 28th, 2003 at 09:39 AM |
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Running on problem - solved
My 76 2l kombi recently developed the annoying habit of running on backwards after a long trip. I seem to recall someone else having that problem on
this forum so I thought I'd report that the problem went away when I adjusted the valves! All were tight.
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on April 30th, 2003 at 05:26 PM |
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Running on backwards?
Do you mean you turned the engine off, and it stopped...then began to rotate in the reverse direction by itself??? Weird!
Glad to hear it was an easy fix. Regular valve adjustments are probably the most important thing you should do to VW engines, along with regular oil
changes.
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mnsKmobi
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| posted on May 1st, 2003 at 11:12 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Phil74Camper
Running on backwards?
Do you mean you turned the engine off, and it stopped...then began to rotate in the reverse direction by itself??? Weird!
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Yep. That's exactly what happened. I only realised it was going backwards when I put the kombi in 1st gear to stop it running on and my kombi
jumped backwards.
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