That's what I was thinking -- bad gas -- worth a look. Has happened to
me 3 times, to the point where I only buy gas at the busiest truck
stops on an interstate. I was stuck in Alabama once on a tight
deadline to get home --- the VW dealer mechanics tried everything they
could think of while I begged them to check the gas. These were good
guys who both owned type 2's but it was Friday at 5 pm. After a couple
of hours they decided that it was indeed bad gas -- drained the tank
-- put in some fuel conditioner and, of course, fresh gas -- and I was
on my way.

A really quick thing to try would be to dump in a whole bunch of
fuel-line antifreeze (Heet) which will take the water out of the gas.
Don't stop at one bottle, use 3 or 4 -- fire it up and see what
happens. Worth a try. If there is too much water in the gas this won't
work. But if the engine starts running a little better you know you're
on the right track. BTDT too many times........

Cheers,
Doug

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote:
> Mark,
> Did you by chance, when you had the filter off , draw some fuel in a glass
> jar and inspect it for water? Just curious.
>
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>

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