1983 Audi Coupe GT - Engine stalls on quick acceleration

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

That's a totally good idea to suck it, Huw!    Um, I mean.... good thing to
test orally to see if it works.  Um....

Well, um.... it's a good idea!

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> I just thought of something.  The vacuum advance on the dizzy might be
> bad.  You have a timing light so it's easy to test - disconnect and plug
> its line.  Start engine, hook up timing light and observe normal idle
> timing mark.  Apply vacuum through extra hose, observe timing, which
> should advance steadily with more vacuum.
>
> You might want to buy a manual vacuum-making tool, alternatively you
> could apply vacuum, um, orally.
>
> Under sudden heavy load the advance gets hit pretty quickly with vacuum
> to advance the ignition timing.
>
> >
>
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> Huw Powell
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