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Subject:Re: Bogging 1.9
From:Loren Busch
Date:Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:15:20 -0700

Had identical symptoms.  I had two problems involved.  The part you are
dealing with was cured by proper adjustment of the throttle switch that had
been misadjusted during a minor tuneup.  The other part of the problem was a
bad injector.

On 6/26/06, don spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote:
>
> 83.5 westy, 1.9 wbx freshly tuned by a local shop with a good rep.
> All new ignition components..
>
> The engine idles fine, even when very hot outside (+32 C here today).
> when you try to accelerate from a stop the engine bogs down and has a
> hard time gaining any revs. Once it speeds up and clears itself it
> has lots of power.  Going through the gears it bogs down at each gear
> change.  Almost like it's flooded. No clouds of black smoke that I
> can see.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
>