Fuel pump?

Jeremy Speer wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> So i got up early this fine Minnesota morning and drove the Mystery
> Machine around the city lakes. She ran PERFECTLY.
>
> Drove her to work. 13 Miles mostly interstate. Ran GREAT.
>
> Drove her back to Minneapolis a few moments ago... all was fine until i
> was coming down the exit ramp. By the time i got to the stop sign it was
> sputtering and just barely idling.
>
> I limped back to "Good Carma" the VW shop i'd gone to in the past. Duane
> and i poked and prodded every connector within reach. No effect.
>
> He could push the throttle to wide open and virtually NOTHING would
> happen.
>
> He disconnected and reconnected a bunch of things. No change. We shut
> her off and let her cool down a bit. When started again the throttle
> response was better, but still lagging.
>
> He said, "you're going to have to leave it with us for a while... it's a
> mystery."
>
> Since i didn't have anything else to drive home I said i'd make an
> appointment later next week... and limped home. All the poking and
> prodding did seem to make some difference since she did not stall on the
> way home, but it was still limping.
>
> My gut tells me this is all something to do with the distributor. Why?
> Because the symptoms are a magnified version of the bad performance i
> was seeing before the timing was advanced. But i'm just talking out my
> butt here.
>
> Anyway... maybe time for rebuilt distributor.... maybe something else.
>
> All suggestions welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -jspeer
> '89 Westy GL, "Mystery Machine"