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1979 Volkswagen Beetle 1.6L Hesitation, Poor Fuel Economy
Posted to European Driveability on 6/23/2008 4 Replies

I put a strobe on the car and left the vacuum lines connected as I remembered that the timing was set on these cars w/o disconnecting the vac. lines. This car has a distributer with both vac retard & vac. advance. The timing was set when the car came in to the...

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car Vehicle Data

1979 Volkswagen Beetle

VIN 1592042126
Engine1.6 L / 4 cyl / GAS
Trans4-speed Standard
DeliveryFI / L-Jetronic
EmissionsCA emissions
SymptomsHesitation, Poor Fuel Economy
OccursAlways
Misc.Convertible
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car Vehicle Data

1979 Volkswagen Beetle

VIN 1592042126
Engine1.6 L / 4 cyl / GAS
Trans4-speed Standard
DeliveryFI / L-Jetronic
EmissionsCA emissions
SymptomsHesitation, Poor Fuel Economy
OccursAlways
Misc.Convertible