Something wrong with my bug!?

volksnewbie · Post by **volksnewbie** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:43 am

Well it just started doing this the past few days I have an 1835 with dual kadrons and all and Ill be driving it and then its almost like the engine starts stuttering like its not getting enough gas or enough spark , It kind of jumps on and off? I don't know what it could be . I actually ended up on the side of the road twice . Weird thing is when i take the distributor cap off and then just put it back on it seems to run fine for around 10 minutes and then it will start up again?! So Im pretty stumped about it , and i need to fix it by this weekend

joe56vw · Post by **joe56vw** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:59 am

I have been having the same problems with mine

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=110042

this is my post on the samba maybe this will give you an anwer

500LbGorilla · Post by **500LbGorilla** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:08 am

Check for vacuum leaks, and see if your ignition coil is getting too hot to touch.

VWLARRY72 · Post by **VWLARRY72** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:47 am

This my sound stupid and very siplistic, but check your fuel filter.....

500LbGorilla · Post by **500LbGorilla** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:41 am

Ah yes.. that too.

volksnewbie · Post by **volksnewbie** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:42 pm

VWLARRY72 wrote:This my sound stupid and very siplistic, but check your fuel filter.....

yeah thats the first thing i checked and replaced and it still has the problem . thanks for the help guys and keep the help comming ill try some of the stuff you guys said n see how it goes

volksnewbie · Post by **volksnewbie** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:09 pm

thanks for the help guys i fixed it , I found out the problem was actually a bad coil