77 FI Bug stalls...

Drove my 77 Bug on Friday to work, no problems.

Drove home in the afternoon on highway for 15 mins, no problem. Stopped for
lunch. Drove 10 minutes to a store, 10 minutes later it didn't want to
start. Seemed like a fuel problem. About a 1/2 hour of fiddling, checking
vac hose, connections etc. It starts. Drove about 5 minutes and while
driving slowly died. Even though I was stepping on the gas, it slowly
conked out. Pulled over wait 15 minutes and it starts. Drove about 10
minutes to home.

I'm thinking fuel filter needs to be changed.
Can it possibly be the valve gaps or point?
Is it heat related or when the engine is warmed up?

Any ideas?


--
Mel P.

77 Bug & 70 KG Cabrio sites:
http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/

PARTS FOR SALE: http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/VWPARTS/index.htm

Check your intake manifold rubber boots. If they are cracked, they can
cause air to leak in and throw off your air & fuel mixture. When they warm
up they will leak more air in.


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DAN MEDINA
"Mel P." > wrote in message
...
> Drove my 77 Bug on Friday to work, no problems.
>
> Drove home in the afternoon on highway for 15 mins, no problem. Stopped
> for lunch. Drove 10 minutes to a store, 10 minutes later it didn't want
> to start. Seemed like a fuel problem. About a 1/2 hour of fiddling,
> checking vac hose, connections etc. It starts. Drove about 5 minutes and
> while driving slowly died. Even though I was stepping on the gas, it
> slowly conked out. Pulled over wait 15 minutes and it starts. Drove
> about 10 minutes to home.
>
> I'm thinking fuel filter needs to be changed.
> Can it possibly be the valve gaps or point?
> Is it heat related or when the engine is warmed up?
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> Mel P.
>
> 77 Bug & 70 KG Cabrio sites:
> http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/
>
> PARTS FOR SALE: http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/VWPARTS/index.htm
>
>

Just an update.

I checked started components et. al.
After I checked the the double relay and the other relay under the back
seat behind the driver (forgot the name), it seems to have fixed the
problem. I'm wondering if the contacts were sticking. The contacts looked
OK, not corroded or burned.

Any thought on what happened?

--
Mel
"Mel P." > wrote in message
...
> Drove my 77 Bug on Friday to work, no problems.
>
> Drove home in the afternoon on highway for 15 mins, no problem. Stopped
> for lunch. Drove 10 minutes to a store, 10 minutes later it didn't want
> to start. Seemed like a fuel problem. About a 1/2 hour of fiddling,
> checking vac hose, connections etc. It starts. Drove about 5 minutes and
> while driving slowly died. Even though I was stepping on the gas, it
> slowly conked out. Pulled over wait 15 minutes and it starts. Drove
> about 10 minutes to home.
>
> I'm thinking fuel filter needs to be changed.
> Can it possibly be the valve gaps or point?
> Is it heat related or when the engine is warmed up?
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> Mel P.
>
> 77 Bug & 70 KG Cabrio sites:
> http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/
>
> PARTS FOR SALE: http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/VWPARTS/index.htm
>
>

This past summer, I had a similar experience with a '77 Bus. Turned out it
was a crack in the solder on the double relay.
I re-soldered it, problem solved.

Jack


"Mel P." > wrote in message
...
> Just an update.
>
> I checked started components et. al.
> After I checked the the double relay and the other relay under the back
> seat behind the driver (forgot the name), it seems to have fixed the
> problem. I'm wondering if the contacts were sticking. The contacts
> looked OK, not corroded or burned.
>
> Any thought on what happened?
>
> --
> Mel
> "Mel P." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Drove my 77 Bug on Friday to work, no problems.
>>
>> Drove home in the afternoon on highway for 15 mins, no problem. Stopped
>> for lunch. Drove 10 minutes to a store, 10 minutes later it didn't want
>> to start. Seemed like a fuel problem. About a 1/2 hour of fiddling,
>> checking vac hose, connections etc. It starts. Drove about 5 minutes
>> and while driving slowly died. Even though I was stepping on the gas, it
>> slowly conked out. Pulled over wait 15 minutes and it starts. Drove
>> about 10 minutes to home.
>>
>> I'm thinking fuel filter needs to be changed.
>> Can it possibly be the valve gaps or point?
>> Is it heat related or when the engine is warmed up?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mel P.
>>
>> 77 Bug & 70 KG Cabrio sites:
>> http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/
>>
>> PARTS FOR SALE: http://www.geocities.com/mpernice/VWPARTS/index.htm
>>
>>
>