I try not to stick my nose into Waser Boxer trouble shooting but it
sounds like you could have a stopped up or empty catalytic converter.
If the catalytic converter has dumped its ceramic contents they could be
in your muffler causing a blockage.
I base this assumption on the fact that your engine is choking down (Loss
of power) and the engine isn't extremely hot.
Another symptom of this condition would be very hard starting and run-on
after you turned the ignition off making your gas engine into a diesel by
pre combustion.

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:02:46 -0800 TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> If you accidentally swap ignition wires 3 & 4 at the spark plugs, you
> can
> create these same symptoms. Unburnt fuel gets pushed to the muffler
> where it
> burns and superheats the muffler, melting the paint off the rear
> valance panel.
>
> BTDT - had to repaint the center of the rear valance.
>
>
>
>
>
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