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From: [e-mail] (Rob Sanders)
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Subject: Re: tach drop & engine stumbling
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Date: 10 Nov 92 10:11:53 GMT
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[e-mail] (Will Leavitt) writes:
|>
|> I've got a 1985 Golf (165K miles) with what appears to be an
|> increasingly intermitant ignition problem.  While driving, the
|> tachometer will suddenly drop a thousand rpm, hunt around, and bounce
|> back up.  The engine stumbles badly and the car shakes; after anywhere
|> few seconds to a minute, everything returns to normal.

etc.

Not sure about the tacho dropping, but I had the same symptoms in my 83
(non GTI) Golf. I thought it a fuel problem as there was poor flow through
filter with a lot of bubbles.... After replacing fuel pump, filter & flexible
fuel lines, cleaning the carb., the problem was still there. Finally cured it
when I realised the fuel intake pipe in the tank was blocked. Cured that for
free by simply blowing down the engine bay end of the fuel line. The obstr-
uction was cleared like a pea from a pea shooter & Hey Presto !

Now I'll have to clean the tank out sometime. Hope this helps ...

Rob

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