[Vwdiesel] rev issues

[Roger Brown]

Kris wrote:
>
> '84 rabbit D.  Recently replaced the injection pump with a used one.
> Runs great.  Couple things I notice that are different.  When driving,
> between shifts, the RPM's seem to be held at their previous level a lot
> longer than before.  Say you're criusing along at a fixed speed, you
> push in the clutch and it takes a good 2 seconds for the RPM's to start
> dropping.  Before it would drop immediately like any other manual I have
> driven.

Spray the throttle linkage on top of the pump w/ WD-40 or silicone spray.  My old '81 had a new pump installed and it was always
a little "sticky".  At first it took lubing every month or so and gradually got to where I gave it a shot once a year or so.